I have Been Hacked
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 by mrs_starkers | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I just want to let you all know I have been hacked, and I do apologize for this as I didn't know till this morning and so I changed my PWord and again tonight I found that I was blocked from my accounts . so if anyone receives any emails from me at [email protected] saying click on links, it is not me I have been hacked once again I am sorry for this. any contact with me will have to be done by private message, as I am trying to protect you all from what has happened to me . Thanks Doc for letting me know, and thank you all for being so understanding. I am also running avast, and other cleaners as well
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Reply #2 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:16 AM
yeah for sure, thankfully we have other computers here
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:17 AM
Very good suggestion, Rolo.
Nice of you to post this, Shaunna.
Your email got hijacked, so do let the folks at hotmail know this happened. It isn't the first time and won't be the last.
Did some research:
Send an email (using another addy, obviously) to: [email protected]
Describe your problem, and give them all the facts as well as the addy to return email to (don't count on them figuring it out).
Also... try and remember if you had any sensitive data in the emails you didn't delete as the hackers now "own" the account and the info.
You might have to notify your bank, gov't agencies, credit card companies you've been hacked.... to do necessary damage control.
Notify your contacts as well... not to open any emails from the hacked account until you notify them from another email addy with a code sentence
(tell them what it will be) in the title of the email (so they won't open possibly 'tinged/infected' emails until they see that title.
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:22 AM
Sorry to hear that Shaunna. Do as Doc suggests and Rolo. No telling what the hijackers got up their sleeves. Good luck.
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:26 AM
yeah so much for airtight passwords lol. I will thanks for the advice
Reply #6 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:32 AM
Just a suggestion Shaunna.
I use a full sentence for my password. Try doing that and make it one easy to remember plus jot it down.
Reply #7 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:50 AM
Sorry to hear about this. Hope you can get things straightened out as soon as possible!
Reply #8 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:52 AM
Reply #9 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:07 PM
Know how you feel, hopefully you have everything cleaned and back in order.
Unfortunately we can only do so much, as is said, locks are for honest folks, the dishonest will find a way in. The best we can ever hope to do is make it hard for them to break in and hack our systems.
Reply #11 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:48 PM
I'll just bet it was the toilet paper manufacturer's that did that hacking. They are pissed at your hubby for ranting on about the "reduction of paperwork" process that they put in place!
Reply #13 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 2:04 PM
just so you know
don't just change your Passwords
you need to change it all
you know? the 2 or 3 questions and Answers
aka when was you born or where was your birth place
and your recover e-mail and password
it's just to be sure
Reply #14 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 3:04 PM
well I am back and I feel as though I have gained some power after running all the cleaners and changing passwords ect" ect" ect", I have a brand new email addy although I have fixed it with all the things that have been suggested I wasn't going to take any chances lol. and I am now also running windows live. I have also downloaded a thingy called spyware blaster I don't know if its any good or not but its worth a try I guess
Reply #15 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 3:17 PM
MSE...Threatfire...and MalwareBytes is all I use and I've never had a problem.
Reply #16 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 3:42 PM
aahhh I never heard of those ones hmmmm me thinks I might investigate those
Reply #17 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 4:18 PM
MSE........http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx
Threatfire.......http://www.threatfire.com/
MalwareBytes.............http://www.threatfire.com/
There ya go Shaunna
Reply #18 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 4:50 PM
Malwarebytes is a great program, I use it often. I'd get it from here as otherwise, Malwarebytes redirects you through c|net.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/
Reply #19 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5:34 PM
great cool I just went and got this one as well . yes I see what you and Uvah mean . they are great, I have tried them both and yes I am very happy with them
Reply #20 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 5:38 PM
Threatfire.......http://www.threatfire.com/
MalwareBytes.............http://www.threatfire.com/
There ya go Shaunna
thanks Uvah well worth the look for sure, I have now threatfire and MalwareBytes I will also look into MSE thanks for the thumbs up on these
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Reply #1 Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:03 AM
make sure you stay away from online banking with that PC until the problem is solved.
Hope you will get everything working again