Urgent help needed


  1. Posts : 936
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Mac OS X 10.6
       #1

    Urgent help needed


    My deviantArt account has been taken by someone. Please someone tell me how to either recover it or close it.
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  2. Posts : 2,009
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
       #2

    I would contact Main Customer Service and have them sort it out
    Hacking DA accounts seems to be the new sport for script kiddies.

    Hope you get your account back with too much trouble
    -DG
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  3. Posts : 936
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Mac OS X 10.6
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank you mate, I created a new account and a guy in their forum had similar problem....followed that link to state the problem...hope some good will happen...thanks a lot mate. They will reset the password I guess.



    After 20min:

    Hurray!! I got backkkk.
    Last edited by Abhishek Ghosh; 19 Sep 2010 at 16:11.
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  4. Posts : 2,009
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
       #4

    Congrats, Buddy!
    I'm glad it worked for you
    -DG
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  5. Posts : 936
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Mac OS X 10.6
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Yeah mate :)
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  6. Posts : 7,538
    Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit/Windows 10 64bit
       #6

    Glad you got your account back Abhishek, hope you've put a new password in place so it hopefully wont happen again.
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  7. Posts : 936
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Mac OS X 10.6
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Yes This time I have put a generated password.
    Practically the old password was very easy to guess, as I never thought when I created the account; that, I will be serious for that account.
    I had definite fault (and paying for it still); hope it never happens to anyone :)
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  8. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #8

    Joan Archer said:
    Glad you got your account back Abhishek, hope you've put a new password in place so it hopefully wont happen again.
    Abhishek,

    Joan has a good point - but I would go even further - Change the password on all your online accounts - and run a full malwarebyytes and whatever AV you use on your local system.

    If possible change the passwords from another machine maybe a public access one just in case your local security has been comprimised
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  9. Posts : 936
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Mac OS X 10.6
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Barman58 said:
    Abhishek,

    Joan has a good point - but I would go even further - Change the password on all your online accounts - and run a full malwarebyytes and whatever AV you use on your local system.

    If possible change the passwords from another machine maybe a public access one just in case your local security has been comprimised
    You are very right. I recently got an trojan horse...I posted here too at that time...not more than a week. Ran Malwarebyte in safemode; it caught 21 files as far I remember...thank you very much for pin pointing it...yes, I am going to change all passwords from another computer in my home...and surely running MSE and malwarebyte in this laptop; I will post the log tomorrow (Its night here now)...thank you once again .


    P.S.: Here is that old thread of me for trojan horse: Infected with Trojan horse giving known error
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