The term "validation". What is it and what is it for?

Many people have heard such a term as "validation". What is it, however, is not known by all. In general, the very definition of this word implies the confirmation of legality, authenticity, legalization. Some sites, in particular social networks, can be requested validation. What does it mean?

Account Authenticity

Validating an account on social networks involves checking that you are a real person, not a robot. In this case, enter the number of your mobile phone in the appeared window. He will be sent a free SMS with a confirmation code, which you will need to write on the same site. At the same time, social networks guarantee that the information received from you will not be disclosed or transferred to third parties.

Users usually without any hesitation pass validation. What kind of measure is this and for what it is really needed, however, not everyone knows. It can provide some security for your account. So, for example, all major changes or additions on the pages of social networks require confirmation of your phone. Thus, scammers will not be able to completely take possession of your account. In addition, the adoption of these measures allows you to quickly return control of your page if it was hacked.

Validation as a virus

It should be noted that the validation of "VKontakte" or other networks can be used for fraudulent purposes. In this case, the Internet user is most often asked to enter a login and password in the appeared window or send SMS to the offered number. In no case do not do this. Most likely, this is just a virus that will provide your information to intruders, and for SMS from your account will be able to withdraw a lot of money.

In such cases, it is often asked how to determine whether this is validation. That this is not a virus can be verified by going to the same social network page, but from another computer. If there is still required validation, then it is genuine. If, on the other computer, authorization on the site is in normal mode, then your PC was "infected".

Elimination of the virus

In order to eliminate the virus, you first need to get rid of malicious applications, and then restore the changed settings. Most often, the viruses change the DNS server addresses and hosts-files. Recorded by the virus hosts codes redirect the user from the current site to the swap site, which "VKontakte" is pseudo-handled. "Classmates" and other social networks can also have similar sites-clones, almost no different from the original.

You can restore the normal operation of the system by performing several step-by-step actions. First, with the help of an anti-virus program, you should check the PC for threats. In this case, it is necessary to use a full, not a quick check. Next, with the help of a special utility, you need to perform system disk healing and remove the detected viruses. After the system is restored and the hosts files are cleared , you must verify the correctness of the preferred DNS server that is marked in the properties of the connection being used. If it is specified incorrectly, change it to the desired one yourself or choose "automatic receipt". After all these actions, the computer should restart, and most likely everything will fall into place, and you will no longer have any problems with validation.