my yahoo email has been hacked

« **on:** July 19, 2011, 11:33:38 am »

like it says some one has hacked and sent junk to all my contacts in my list?

i have norton 360 so unsure how this can happen can any one put any light on it?

« **Reply #1 on:** July 19, 2011, 11:35:24 am »

Use Gmail instead (www.gmail.com) - Much better than Yahoo!

Andy

« **Reply #2 on:** July 19, 2011, 11:38:53 am »

it was the news of the world

« **Reply #3 on:** July 19, 2011, 12:52:55 pm »

I had this the other week on my hotmail account, try clearing your cookies then changed your password, it worked for me

« **Reply #4 on:** July 19, 2011, 01:26:44 pm »

Norton 360 secures your PC. Yahoo email is hosted by Yahoo and it's Yahoo's computers that have been affected not your own. Change your password and that will hopefully sort you out.

« **Reply #5 on:** July 19, 2011, 02:41:02 pm »

Use quality passwords, not any of this lot:

http://modernl.com/article/top-10-most-common-passwords

Lots of articles out there about how to choose a good password.

Vin

« **Reply #6 on:** July 19, 2011, 03:31:23 pm »

mine was hacked last year and dodgy emails sent out to my contacts, changed my password and it has been ok since. that was yahoo as well

« **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2011, 03:34:37 pm »

It happens with a lot of web based email accounts. Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, etc are all vulnerable to hacking. Usually (but not always) a good password prevents the account being hacked. eg Browntree!8762 is a a reasonably strong password as it has a capital letter, a non alphabetical character and a random number.

« **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2011, 03:46:15 pm »

Quote from: ronnie paton on July 19, 2011, 11:33:38 am

like it says some one has hacked and sent junk to all my contacts in my list?

i have norton 360 so unsure how this can happen can any one put any light on it?

For starters Ronnie, Norton has got nothing to do with web based email accounts. Norton (not that it does) is meant to protect your pc, someone finding out your password for a web based email account wont help a jot in that respect.

« **Reply #9 on:** July 19, 2011, 03:47:59 pm »

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It happens with a lot of web based email accounts. Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, etc are all vulnerable to hacking. Usually (but not always) a good password prevents the account being hacked. eg Browntree!8762 is a a reasonably strong password as it has a capital letter, a non alphabetical character and a random number.

Thanks Craig!

I'm going to use Browntree!8762 as my password.

Andy

« **Reply #10 on:** July 19, 2011, 03:59:49 pm »

i use a password suggested by yahoo, have done for years as its about 13 charcters long and is complete gibberish , i have memorized it and use it alot, as its pretty much infallible

« **Reply #11 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:08:33 pm »

Hi Ronnie, what has probably happened is a small programme has been sitting quietly on your pc, and is sending certain kinds of info back to it's "owner" passwords being one of the key things it looks for. The owner then either uses the info himself or sells it on to third parties for "marketing" purposes or out and out criminal acts.
As per previous mails, change your passwords pronto and think about swapping Norton for something else.

« **Reply #12 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:09:36 pm »

my password is totally personal so i dont know how any one could of found it??

but hey ill have to cahnge it and see if that helps, all my clients think im sex drug seller lol

« **Reply #13 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:10:53 pm »

Ronnie, email me at info@oakleywindowcleaning.co.uk with your password, email address and the date you last logged on to it, I know a fella who works for microsft security who can tell you if your account has been hacked.

« **Reply #14 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:12:46 pm »

Norton is quite well respected so providing it's been kept up to date then it would have a detected any keylogging software. If there was a piece of keylogging software on Ronnie's PC then I doubt the recipients of the data will just hack his email account. More likely they'd clean out his bank account!

PS - if your password is just a word or two or even a name then it's shockingly easy to crack. I once cracked my own Windows login password in less than a second... It made me revamp my security big time!

« **Reply #15 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:22:03 pm »

I've had a similar thing with alarm codes and number locks on gates. I don't have any current customers with the following so I will say that it astonishes me how many people seem to think that 1066 (Battle of Hastings - the last time England was successfully invaded) and 1966 (World Cup win) are unique. Apart from that, I have encountered a number of occasions with numbers starting 19. Presumably these are the birth years of someone or another and could be tracked if someone could be bothered.

« **Reply #16 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:28:00 pm »

Quote from: ronnie paton on July 19, 2011, 11:33:38 am

like it says some one has hacked and sent junk to all my contacts in my list?

i have norton 360 so unsure how this can happen can any one put any light on it?

Not doing so well lately are you?

Disappearing website, amongst other things, and now this.

It sounds like a fairly standard virus to me. There is one that gets into Outlook Express and emails all the addresses in the address book. It sounds to me like this is a variation on that. Have you run an up to date virus checker? Alternbatively,if you don't have a strong password, there is software that can make guesses at passwords and do it very quickly.

« **Reply #17 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:31:50 pm »

Quote from: Paul Coleman on July 19, 2011, 04:22:03 pm

I've had a similar thing with alarm codes and number locks on gates. I don't have any current customers with the following so I will say that it astonishes me how many people seem to think that 1066 (Battle of Hastings - the last time England was successfully invaded) and 1966 (World Cup win) are unique. Apart from that, I have encountered a number of occasions with numbers starting 19. Presumably these are the birth years of someone or another and could be tracked if someone could be bothered.

I got keycodes which are 1966 etc, had my account hacked last month and all my money spent on someone's xbox 360 gamer points, when I was round a mates house my name came up on his computer saying I'd logged in, thought my house had been burgled as I new no one was home, so we rushed home to see but everything was there, so we returned to mates house and sent a message to my account only to get a reply saying he'd bought my details off a Chinesse bloke, had to change passwords on everything, just waiting for my money to be returned.

« **Reply #18 on:** July 19, 2011, 06:04:52 pm »

Quote from: Paul Coleman on July 19, 2011, 04:28:00 pm

Not doing so well lately are you?
Disappearing website, amongst other things, and now this.

I've pointed that out recently as well.

I reckon there's a massive cosmic conspiracy against Ronnie for some misdemeanour's he's done in his past!

« **Reply #19 on:** July 19, 2011, 06:05:55 pm »

Quote from: ronnie paton on July 19, 2011, 04:09:36 pm

my password is totally personal so i dont know how any one could of found it??

but hey ill have to cahnge it and see if that helps, all my clients think im sex drug seller lol

This is NOT evidence that your email account has been hacked, its simply that you have probably opened a 3rd party email that contains a bot, its harvesting the names in your address book and sending them Viagra emails.

It is NOT sending them from your account, although it looks like it, we can all send emails that LOOK like they come from someone else, however they're not.

You can change your password Ronnie, if that doesn't work you may have to simply delete the account and reopen a new one, new email address unfortunately.

Norton being your anti-virus isn't the best. It is however the most common worldwide. Its notoriety as being the first big name anti-virus leads people into a false sense of security with it. It isn't as good as you might think, simply because a lot of peeps think it is good and hackers, viruses, harvesters, spam-bots etc aim to get themselves behind Nortons defense before any other anti-virus, which is why youve been compromised.

Good luck, your password doesnt work by the way

« **Reply #20 on:** July 19, 2011, 07:43:17 pm »

apparently making your password all uppercase makes it impossible for software to crack

« **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2011, 07:45:16 pm »

Quote from: PureClean Window Cleaning Ltd on July 19, 2011, 07:43:17 pm

apparently making your password all uppercase makes it impossible for software to crack

Don't believe everything you hear...

« **Reply #22 on:** July 19, 2011, 07:46:05 pm »

just happened again aaaarrrrggghh how do i change my password?

« **Reply #23 on:** July 19, 2011, 09:01:19 pm »

Their are websites on the internet that offer peoples web based email passwords, for a price.
I think it is done, by sending the victim an email, the email is opened. Somekind of cookie goes back to the host, from your web based account. With your password details. Very easy, with the right software and codes, I guess

« **Reply #24 on:** July 19, 2011, 09:30:48 pm »

Quote from: Tosh on July 19, 2011, 06:04:52 pm

Quote from: Paul Coleman on July 19, 2011, 04:28:00 pm

Not doing so well lately are you?
Disappearing website, amongst other things, and now this.

I've pointed that out recently as well.

I reckon there's a massive cosmic conspiracy against Ronnie for some misdemeanour's he's done in his past!

not to mention the poor bugger getting his brand new van nicked a few months ago..

« **Reply #25 on:** July 19, 2011, 10:22:31 pm »

I get loads of junk mail for thingy enlargement products, dont know how to stop em.

If anyone has any pointers it would be greatly appreciated, plus ive spent a small fortune and non of em have so far worked.

Mark

« **Reply #26 on:** July 19, 2011, 10:43:37 pm »

Quote from: weatherfield WFP on July 19, 2011, 09:30:48 pm

Quote from: Tosh on July 19, 2011, 06:04:52 pm
Quote from: Paul Coleman on July 19, 2011, 04:28:00 pm

Not doing so well lately are you?
Disappearing website, amongst other things, and now this.

I've pointed that out recently as well.

I reckon there's a massive cosmic conspiracy against Ronnie for some misdemeanour's he's done in his past!

not to mention the poor bugger getting his brand new van nicked a few months ago..

Yes I do remember that. Wasn't going to mention that though.

« **Reply #27 on:** July 20, 2011, 12:32:00 am »

Quote from: Tosh on July 19, 2011, 06:04:52 pm

Quote from: Paul Coleman on July 19, 2011, 04:28:00 pm

Not doing so well lately are you?
Disappearing website, amongst other things, and now this.

I've pointed that out recently as well.

I reckon there's a massive cosmic conspiracy against Ronnie for some misdemeanour's he's done in his past!

I think there has been a conspiracy against Ronnie (and and i don't even know the guy), someone must have hacked his account and posted a load of diatribe from him in the for sale section. Luckily for Ronnie, and for the manners of us all the admin of this site spotted it and removed it. Poor guys had it all lateley, house robbed, business records gone,website gone. He's a tribute to the working man trying to get on if i've ever heard of one.
I never believed for a minute that he would call people "a pleb" or "a fool" when all they where after was buying some work. And as for justifying charging 20x per clean for work for sale, well like Ronnie himself says,,"i aint selling any work". Although it would be 20x for the calibre of his work !! Chin up Ron, keep battin on, don't let them get you down. I'm rooting for you !!!!!

« **Reply #28 on:** July 20, 2011, 06:43:18 am »

the virus came in on an email you opened. Anyone who opens the emails you are sending out will also get infected.You weren't hacked. There are loads of these viruses going round.
The very first thing you want to do is look at your contacts list because thats what it is using to send out the emails. Go through and edit each address, put an "X" infront of each one. When you send a message using that address you have to just manually edit out the X. Otherwise, about once a week you will get a list of error messages saying the virus has tried to send out a load of messages but they all failed because the address was wrong.

« **Reply #29 on:** July 20, 2011, 08:53:21 am »

mike

dont talkabout something you know nothing about, the posts on a topic on the for sale section were down to under hand emails stating he is just starting up.

and it would nt suprise me if the fool was something to do with it but if thats the case its very sad.

so mike untill you know what your talking about it may be best to leave it alone.

« **Reply #30 on:** July 20, 2011, 09:15:01 pm »

dont involve me in your problems with your email s

i read what you said on my link and just did not reply to them as i did not want to drop to your level

« **Reply #31 on:** July 20, 2011, 09:48:18 pm »

landy your right lets not continue on here if you like you can ring me!!

like i said to mike he has no idea of how low you dropped, so instead airing on a public forum ring me and we can discuss your dodgey emails

« **Reply #32 on:** July 20, 2011, 09:52:09 pm »

what emails are you on about the ones asking for work for sale i asked other cleaners for work for sale and nobody as come on here going on like you and they too are on this forum

so to me end of that matter

« **Reply #33 on:** July 20, 2011, 09:57:14 pm »

pretending your some one else ie not a window cleaning business already is low and under hand in my book

if it was straight you would of said by the way its landy im interested in some work for mate when i questioned who you was instead you pretending to be a new starter???

to me that smells....just be honest it gets you far.

has for my price 20 x a clean, this is how i see it.

every business has a price i would nt sell for less i know how good my work is. now i t doesnt bother me either way that s why i havent advertised "work for sale" but every one has a price.....every businesss has a priceand that is what i "stated to you"!!!!