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Why do you need a VKontakte profile?

Let's answer this question! Many of you, especially those who are encountering this service for the first time, are wondering how you can register on VKontakte and why?

By creating your profile on this social network, you will be able to communicate with your friends, classmates, fellow students, and make new friends. In addition, in this social There are many interesting communities online where you will find useful information on a variety of topics.

It is important to know that VKontakte registration is free!

Below you will find step-by-step instructions that will help you easily register on this site.

How to protect a page from hacking

VKontakte pages are often hacked by hackers. This happens due to user inattention and too simple passwords.

From hacked pages, hackers send out advertisements, get likes, and in the worst case, do shady things. For example, they extort money from the victim’s friends and relatives.

No one is safe from hacking, even if the profile is empty and rarely used. This will not stop hackers, so it is very important to protect your page.

Set up your profile. To do this, click on the name in the upper right corner of the site and select “Settings”.

In the "General" section:

1. Add your email;
2. Change the page address;
3. Assign a complex password.

Complex is a password that consists of 12 characters, large and small letters, and numbers.

Then go to the "Privacy" section and adjust the visibility of the data on the page. I recommend setting the following settings:

• Who can post on my page: Friends and friends of friends
• Who can comment on my posts: Friends and friends of friends
• Who can call me in apps: Only friends
• Who can invite me to communities: Only friends
• Who can invite me to apps: Friends only

If you registered the page using your personal mobile number, it is advisable to enable login confirmation in the “Security” section.

Record the data from your page. They will come in handy for any access problems.

Save the following information:

• Link to page. It can be found in “Settings”;
• Phone number attached to the page and email. This is also in “Settings”;
• First name, last name, date of birth indicated on the page;
• Login password.

Log out of your profile on other people's devices. The contact is configured in such a way that login information is automatically remembered. That is, every time you enter the site, your personal page opens by itself.

This means that all the “internal” capabilities of the social network are available to anyone who gains access to a computer (tablet, smartphone).

Any person who logs into VKontakte from your device will be able to read correspondence, add or delete friends, photos, videos, music, and edit personal data. In general, he will be able to do everything that you can do with your page.

To prevent this from happening, you need to log out of your profile. To do this, click on your name in the upper right corner and select “exit” from the list.

It is especially important to log out of your profile on someone else’s computer or phone.

Then the Internet program will forget your data, and the next time you open the site, your personal page will no longer load. But it will still remain on the site - to enter it you will need to enter your login information (phone or email, password).

Check the site address before entering your page. There is such a thing on the Internet as “phishing sites.” These are sites that look very similar to Contact, but they have nothing to do with the social network. Fraudsters deliberately create such pages so that users mistakenly enter their login information there.

You can distinguish a real Contact from a fake one by its address. It is written in the top line of the browser. The real VKontakte website will have the following address: vk.com

If the address is different, then you have landed on a fraudulent site. Do not enter your data there under any circumstances!

Other tips for protecting your page can be found in the official security group: vk.com/security.

Creating a new page

To do this, go to the site from any device: desktop computer, mobile phone or tablet. Until 2011, you could register your account via email.

Today there is no such option, and the VKontakte page is linked only to your mobile phone number. One number – one profile. This is done in order not to fill the resource with many accounts. Of course, many do not want to indicate their mobile phone. But you can activate the page only by entering your cell phone number.

In order to create a new page right now, just follow the link vk.com, where you will be asked to register.

Step 1 . Enter your data.

In the window that opens, you need to enter your first name, last name and date of birth. Data must be entered with a capital letter and without errors. By clicking on the “Register” button, we proceed to the next step.

Of course, you can use fictitious data. But then, if your page is blocked, you will not be able to restore it, since the support service often asks you to send a spreadsheet of your passport with your photo and full name to unfreeze it.

Step 2 . Enter your mobile phone.

Next, you need to enter your cell phone number and click on the “Get code” button. After this, you should receive a free message with a code on your phone.

Step 3 . Enter the confirmation code.

Enter the received numbers into the special field and click “Send code”. Linking to your phone is necessary so that, if necessary, you can restore access to your profile.

It happens that the first SMS does not arrive for various reasons. You may have made a mistake when entering the phone number, then click “Enter another number”, correct the numbers and ask to send the code again. If everything is correct, then click “I did not receive the code.”

You will be sent another message. And in the open window, select either “No need, SMS has arrived,” if it does appear, or select the second option. If you do not wait for the message, the support service offers a call from a robot that can dictate the required series of numbers. Then click on the “Yes, let the robot call” button.

Step 4 . Enter your password and enter the site.

Once you submit the code, a field will appear that says “Password.” We come up with our own safe and reliable set of Latin letters and numbers. We enter the invented code into a special cell and be sure to write it down in some safe place so as not to forget. There are even special programs for saving passwords.

Please note that under the “Password” box there is a colored ruler that turns bright green if it is secure. At the same time, an inscription about its quality even appears.

After completing all the steps, click “Log in to the site.” You will be congratulated and asked to enter additional information about yourself. You can read about how to set up a VKontakte page and how to design it on our website, but for now click on “Skip”.

After this, a window opens asking you to provide an email address. I would recommend doing this to strengthen the security of your profile. But you don’t have to provide an e-mail. Select “Specify later”.

Are you on your profile? Almost. The service provides you with another service “Beautiful address for your page”. You can come up with it yourself or choose from those presented.

Now you can log in to your VKontakte page. You can safely use the social network: edit your profile, upload photos, listen to music, you can also add your own audio and video files, create groups and join communities, subscribe to notifications from them, look for your friends and make new ones.

How to create a second account in VK

Is it possible to create a second account and how to do it?

Of course you can. Only when registering do you indicate a different phone number and also go through all the steps. As already noted, if you re-indicate your number, you will have to abandon the old page. This is the information that will be provided:

But I came across accounts with the same face in the photo, but different names.

If you are promoting your personal brand and do not want to hide your face, and you need a second account only in case the first one is banned or for other reasons, then you can:

• When registering, write your first and last name in the Latin alphabet.

Registration without phone number

Some people want to create a VK profile again. Often I would like to start one of them without a real last name, but use a nickname.

Having analyzed information from different sites about whether it is possible to create a second page in VK without a phone number, and having tried some of the proposed methods, I came to the following conclusions.

Through Facebook and anonymizer

The developers of VKontakte offer to register via Facebook, where you can create a profile using e-mail.

But alas! A mobile phone is required again.

Particularly advanced ones claim that using an anonymizer, you can deceive the system, and VK will recognize you as a foreign guest. Then you can only register via Facebook using your email address.

Using a virtual mobile number

It may also be that you need to create a second VKontakte page. In this case, you can purchase a virtual phone number through various services.

I read a lot of reviews trying to find a free virtual number service that works for you, but I realized that no one provides such a service.

But there is good news - the registration number costs very little. Among paid services, the most popular is Smska.net.

You can register for the service by filling out a simple form. After confirming your email and payment, you can select the network or site in which you intend to use it. Please note that the cost varies for each site.

In the cell for the social network VKontakte there is often “0 pcs.” Don't be scared! You just have to wait a little (20-30 minutes), the situation will change. But then don’t yawn! And act quickly. Virtual numbers are being sold like hotcakes.

Having received the coveted set of numbers, we very quickly register a new user in VK. We have 20 minutes at our disposal. So, go to the VKontakte page, use the number received on the service and click “Get code”.

On this page we are waiting for the confirmation code.

Detailed instructions for registering VK

• Method 1: standard registration
• Method 2: via Facebook
• Method 3: via Google mail
• How to register without a phone number
• Free virtual numbers
• Paid virtual numbers
• Step-by-step instruction
• How to protect a page from hacking
• Answers to frequently asked questions

The easiest way to create a VKontakte page in Russian is to instantly register a new user. To do this, you just need to fill out a form on the official website vk.com: indicate your first name, last name, date of birth and phone number. Registration is very fast.

There are other options for creating a page: through Facebook or Google mail. But in both cases you also need to enter your mobile number. But to register without a number, you will first have to get a virtual phone. This is a one-time number that is used only for activation.