Someone hacked my email account
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StrEagle




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Location: Balkans
PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 11:40    Post subject: Someone hacked my email account
wtf Evil or Very Mad

It was my low-security account, but still - wtf?
My WoW is still intact, facebook, skype, icq,..
I use clean PCs, and still it got hacked?
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Cohen




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 11:42    Post subject:
10-15 digit passwords, random letters and numbers only.. no dictionary words unless they have a random few numbers on the end, and never use real answers for secret questions = almost 100% secure.


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Mister_s




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 11:44    Post subject:
No one hacks your mail adress. It's someone you know or you have the simplest pass imaginable.
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StrEagle




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Location: Balkans
PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 11:55    Post subject:
it 6 characters, 3 letters and 3 digits, scrambled

the only way i can think of it happening, is someone sniffing my connections..

yes my secret question has a totally unrelated answer, and i recovered the email, but still..


Lutzifer wrote:
and yes, mine is only average
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Mister_s




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 11:59    Post subject:
Aren't you using AV or a firewall? If not, a keylogger is also a possibility.
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StrEagle




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 12:00    Post subject:
I am using microsoft security essentials on Vista and running firewall..


Lutzifer wrote:
and yes, mine is only average
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Mister_s




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 12:02    Post subject:
Believe me, 99% of the time it's someone you know. No one with the capabilites to actaully let you install and use a keylogger, will bother with your mail. I assume your mail does not contain state secrets of course Very Happy
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StrEagle




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 12:08    Post subject:
nah, it's my low-security (shit) mail, although all my games are registered on this mail, but I always delete emails containing passwords, of other registrations

and I use 2 PCs - my home PC - and I live alone, can't imagine my cat to install a keylogger, and my workPC, which I lock when I leave it..


Lutzifer wrote:
and yes, mine is only average
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StrEagle




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Location: Balkans
PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 14:27    Post subject:
damn i'm getting paranoid
I just opened this forum, and I was logged off..

On a side note - i found and opened the history of logins on my mail - no logins or password changes since my last login.. so I'm safe? how the fuck did I forgot my password?!


Lutzifer wrote:
and yes, mine is only average
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moosenoodles




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 14:48    Post subject:
this site logs you out or something does on occasion so dont worry about that, or if u set to delete history on IE8 on closing browser that will also do it..
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kalato




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 15:18    Post subject:
It logs you out if you login on another computer.


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StrEagle




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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Mar 2010 15:22    Post subject:
I know, I even wrote about it in the feedback section. But I haven't left work yet.. so I can't have been logged in another computer.


Lutzifer wrote:
and yes, mine is only average
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