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    security help


    i received an email from a game server telling me i signed up with my normally username i normally use
    i want to know could i have been hacked coz i loged onto the game server
    and found out that my email username and password are the same that i would use for other accounts i have comodo internet security as my security
    and the strange thing i was on web sites that were similar to this one
    MMORPG i was searching around but i might have signed up and forgot about it but how can i know if i am hacked coz all my emails are fine none have been read and i my computer seems fine
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    Hi, Wicca.

    First things, first -- change your e-mail password. Then change the password for the game sites, preferably making each of them different, and most definitely different from your e-mail password.

    Next, it wouldn't hurt to update your antivirus software and scan your computer.
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    but how can i know if i am hacked
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    done now how do i know if i am hacked
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    Wicca said:
    i might have signed up and forgot about it
    If you are using the same password everywhere, it is possible, as that does appear to happen at game sites. That is why I advised you to change all your passwords, making them different for each site.
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    i changed all my passwords how do i know for 100 percent if i have been hacked
    Last edited by Wicca; 02 Aug 2010 at 16:10.
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       #7

    Have you updated your antivirus and/or anti-malware software and run a full system scan?
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    Wicca said:
    how do i know for 100 percent if i have been hacked
    well...........
    1.check sent e-mails
    2.gmail lists last few ips....don't know about other email services though.It gives an indication of fishy activity.
    3.run a scan with hitman/mbam etc as advised

    some precautions
    don't have common password for all sites/do not let browsers etc remember passwords
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    the only problem is no usually proccess is running and my computer is not running slow
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  10. Posts : 2,303
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    Hi, Wicca.

    In that case, it sounds as though you had registered at that site and forgotten, as you indicated in your initial post.
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