NEW: Account Safety Tips tab!

I added a tab to the website today with helpful tips on how to keep your accounts safe, feel free to copy it to your blogs!

1. NEVER give anyone your password. No matter what they offer or promise you, no matter how much they swear they won't hack you, do not trust anyone who asks you for your password! This goes for people you consider friends as well, some hackers on Stardoll go to great lengths to establish a friendship with you and gain your trust. You don't have to be paranoid, just use your judgment!

2. Be very suspicious if someone starts asking you random personal questions like "What's your mother's maiden name?" or "What was the name of your first pet?" because they are trying to get your Security Question out of you so that they can gain access to your email account through the "Forgot Your Password?" feature.

3. Be careful what you click on! Don't go to unfamiliar links sent to you by random people, they could be leading you to a keylogger virus that gives them access to everything you have typed over a period of time, including your passwords. Try not to run competitions that require you to click on links, have tasks in Albums or Sceneries instead of having people print screen and upload to tinypic.com.

 helpful link: How to Remove a Keylogger

4. Use a Virtual Keyboard to type in your passwords, not just on Stardoll but in general, especially when paying for things with a credit card online. Most operating systems have a virtual keyboard built-in, and you can also download a free one online.

Click on Start -> Go to All Programs -> Click on Accessories -> Select Accessibility or Ease of Access ->Click on On-Screen Keyboard

CLICK HERE for instructions on how to access your virtual keyboard on a Mac.

5. Beware of proxies! I know using a proxy is popular now to gain access to items that Stardoll gives away in other countries, but it exposes your personal information to third parties and can make you vulnerable to phishing and viruses.

helpful link: The Dangers of Using Proxy Servers

Please comment or contact me if you have any tips to add to the list!

Careful What You Click On!

I'm still following the situation with Jenna on her blog, and it has upset me a lot more than I expected, especially when I read an Anonymous comment from someone giving her a play by play on how she'd been hacked. It literally gave me goosebumps, it is the creepiest thing I've seen on Stardoll and that's saying a lot. According to the comment, the hacker entered one of Jenna's competitions and sent her a key logger virus in the link that gave her access to everything that Jenna had typed, including obviously her password. Jenna organizes these great comps that let people showcase their creativity, and also give people an opportunity to become Superstar who otherwise might never get one. And her hacker specifically targeted her to prey on her generosity. That's just sick.

Another commenter by the name of orange008 posted some greats tips and info on how to keep your account and other personal information safe online:

Keep these tips in mind, we can use all the help we can get. Especially when Stardoll's reaction to stuff like this is, "Sucks to be you, thanks for the cash, buh-bye!"