Posted: 3/23/2010 5:31:55 PM EDT
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Currently have yahoo. i have been hacked before, and just happend again..
i think my ex is some way getting all my emails.. i know she has them. dontknow how she gets them.. what is a safe secure email? now im locked out of my own email, my password has also been changed |
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Hushmail. ill look into it. i have a crazy password almost impossible to figure out, at least i thought it was. how hard is it really to break into someones account? is there any real email that is safe. or do i have to start having conversations in person in a laundry mat like the mobsters did.... 
geezzz.. is anything private anymore?? |
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Did the ex have physical access to your computer? Either your passwords aren't as secure as you thought, or she left a keylogger on your PC. Try changing your password to something that doesn't contain any recognizable word or any combination of numbers that have any significance to you. Something at least 10 characters long, with a random mix of numbers, letters, and punctuation. If that still gets hacked, then you may have a keylogger issue. Changing email providers won't save you from that. Edit: Also check your settings and make sure that yahoo mail isn't set to forward messages to another address. |
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Did the ex have physical access to your computer? Either your passwords aren't as secure as you thought, or she left a keylogger on your PC. Try changing your password to something that doesn't contain any recognizable word or any combination of numbers that have any significance to you. Something at least 10 characters long, with a random mix of numbers, letters, and punctuation. If that still gets hacked, then you may have a keylogger issue. Changing email providers won't save you from that. Edit: Also check your settings and make sure that yahoo mail isn't set to forward messages to another address. Where do i look fo rthe settings that would foward to another email?? key logger? how the hell do i know if thats on my computer??? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Did the ex have physical access to your computer? Either your passwords aren't as secure as you thought, or she left a keylogger on your PC. Try changing your password to something that doesn't contain any recognizable word or any combination of numbers that have any significance to you. Something at least 10 characters long, with a random mix of numbers, letters, and punctuation. If that still gets hacked, then you may have a keylogger issue. Changing email providers won't save you from that. Edit: Also check your settings and make sure that yahoo mail isn't set to forward messages to another address. Where do i look fo rthe settings that would foward to another email?? key logger? how the hell do i know if thats on my computer??? Yahoo mail forwarding setup There are hundreds of different keyloggers, and some of them are sneaky bastards. Someone with more expertise may chime in, I've never had to remove one. The most sure-fire recommendations I could give would either be to stop accessing your email from that PC, or reformat the hard drive and start over. |
If key logger, could either be software based or hardware based. check all ports on desktop for "extra devices" in between cabling, like where your keyboard plugs into computer. If not hardware, could be any number of software loggers that can be easy to find to down right impossible. Some can hide in certain system files and never be seen. best bet if you thinks its software to reformat system from scratch or pay someone to do it. just my 00.02 ...
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use a password generator - if you make one yourself, you will more than likely put in something that is centric to you if software keylogger (i doubt she would do just a keylogger - if software, probably a whole 'spyware kit' installed. get dban, wipe the drive w/ the dod option, reinstall everything and put in strong passwords for all accts. make sure machine goes into screen saver mode quick and needs a password to get back in. in the bios, boot from hdd only and password protect that, then lock your case sides. the reason for the all of this - password protect bios, - so she can't boot from rom and easily get your admin acct info and reset the password, lock the case so she can't reset your bios password. also, get a restraining order if in fact all this is true, don't put up w/ this shit man. also, know what you are opening up when you get attachments - all of this security is worthless if you just give them access by installing it yourself by clicking on a received program. you may also contact yahoo and let them know she keeps breaking into your account - maybe they will do something or not, but at least it will be on file. contact local pd, again, on file.
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