Hey guys, wondering if anyone else is enjoying this like me. It had gotten so bad my account actually got suspended due to suspect activity. I think maybe spamming. Before that I had my account hacked and even after reactivation of my account it has happened. I think they a trawling for credit card details and such. Anyone getting this at the moment? Just got me a little worried that is all. Nothing I can do to help it, hacking is a way of life. Just want to reassure myself I am not alone. Filthy hackers, I don't have any money to steal in the first place.
My Gmail keeps getting hacked
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Just get a new Gmail account and forward the address to your contacts. No big loss.
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That's because your password is something simple like "Ilikevagina." Make it something more advanced, like "Iliketofuck4354vaginasbecausetheymmgrhandiltcandhave74childrenwicdonchildrenloanp."
my PW is pretty long and random and I still change it at least once a month. Never use a password that you use for something else, either.
HAHA sucks to be you
Thank you, that is super helpful.
Your welcome, i like to see myself as a good samaritan
busenbust
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Had this happen a while back, myself. Some guy in the UK guessed my pass, got in, deleted all my messages and then added a whole bunch of entries to my calendar. Things like, restaurant booking at 8pm, cinema at 3pm, meeting at 1:30pm. All rather strange really.
I just ran the pass reset function and got back in though.
Mind you, it seems to have happened again there last month. The pass reset function was activated twice for this gmail account. I didn't activate it, and they thankfully didn't get in, so someone must have been simply phishing.
It may well have been for a purpose though, as I now randomly have my own facebook profile under this gmail addy.
I can assure you, I didn't create this profile. I did run the pass reset function on it though and now have access to it, lol.
I just ran the pass reset function and got back in though.
Mind you, it seems to have happened again there last month. The pass reset function was activated twice for this gmail account. I didn't activate it, and they thankfully didn't get in, so someone must have been simply phishing.
It may well have been for a purpose though, as I now randomly have my own facebook profile under this gmail addy.
I can assure you, I didn't create this profile. I did run the pass reset function on it though and now have access to it, lol.
I use the same Password for like literally everything...and I never get hacked. :dunno: I'm guessing, like has already been mentioned, that you were phished initially, and now they're in. Since it keeps happening, I would do as has been suggested and create a new account and just forward everything to the new one. Easiest way to deal with it as opposed to having to deal with it time and time again.
If you suspect someone continues to access your email even after changing passwords...it's likely you have a key logger installed on your machine....or worse, a blue pill type infection.
If it is anything like the above....reformat your computer and reinstall the OS...
The tricky part is how can you trust any of your files that you have on your computer not to be infected too and copying them onto your reinstalled OS just puts you back in the same boat?
I would say once you reinstall OS...do not plug any USB storage media into it your previously used on the old, suspect OS...don't copy any files you may have accessed on the old infected OS and don't answer email IMs or chat requests you don't absolutely trust you know who it is.
Allot of people are under the impression they can just run Malware Bytes or some of other virus detection program and those are the end alls.
They're not...many of these infections hide processes that are not apparent to typical process managers...and even some of the better process manager/detectors can detect the hidden process but can't remove it...
Anyway, assume everything you're doing on your computer is compromised...slam the thing and start over...:dunno:
If it is anything like the above....reformat your computer and reinstall the OS...
The tricky part is how can you trust any of your files that you have on your computer not to be infected too and copying them onto your reinstalled OS just puts you back in the same boat?
I would say once you reinstall OS...do not plug any USB storage media into it your previously used on the old, suspect OS...don't copy any files you may have accessed on the old infected OS and don't answer email IMs or chat requests you don't absolutely trust you know who it is.
Allot of people are under the impression they can just run Malware Bytes or some of other virus detection program and those are the end alls.
They're not...many of these infections hide processes that are not apparent to typical process managers...and even some of the better process manager/detectors can detect the hidden process but can't remove it...
Anyway, assume everything you're doing on your computer is compromised...slam the thing and start over...:dunno:
Hehe, I think that might well be overkill HM.
First phisher/hacker was like October of last year. 2nd attempt was there in May. First one I can kinda understand, was probably posting my email addy in questionable places and didn't use the best pass for the account.
Believe you me, I've scanners up the wazoo and have scanned to the point of paranoia. Everything comes up clean.
First phisher/hacker was like October of last year. 2nd attempt was there in May. First one I can kinda understand, was probably posting my email addy in questionable places and didn't use the best pass for the account.
Believe you me, I've scanners up the wazoo and have scanned to the point of paranoia. Everything comes up clean.
