If i find that someone is phishing my yahoo account while i am online, once i signed out will they able to get more information from my account. One time when i am using my home computer, something irregular is happening when i am trying to access yahoo. I already have a sign in seal for my computer. The thing is when i am browsing to yahoo website it was sooooo..... slow. And after 30-1 hr of waiting for it to get online. I tried to sign in but it wouldn't let me. It wouldn't show the sign in seal that i am waiting for to tell me i am in a safe site..I tried going by it thru Yahoo messenger and it automatically signed me in. I had to because i am waiting for an important email. Would that be an opening for those phishing to get information? Please help and inform me how to go about this. thanks so much.
2006-12-26 20:25:00 · 2 answers · asked by sweet miramae 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Phishing is an attack that tries to trick you into clicking on a link in an e-mail or an IM that purports to come from your bank or some company that you do business with. It has nothing to do with where you access the internet -- the risk is the same in an Internet Cafe as it is at home.
You defend yourself against it very simply -- by NEVER clicking a link in an e-mail or IM to "verify your account details" or otherwise log on to a site.
There have been phishing attacks on Yahoo, both e-mail based and IM based. You get a link in an IM, sometimes from someone you know (their account has been hacked) and it brings up what looks like a Yahoo login page. If that happens, do NOT attempt to log in!
If you think you've been fooled by one of these then change your Yahoo password immediately. And if you do not see your sign-in seal, do NOT attempt to log in! That's what the sign-in seal is all about!
You should always use a complex password -- mixed upper and lower case letters with some number thrown in. Random passwords are best, they're nearly impossible to crack.
2006-12-26 23:00:15 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After using a computer in a cafe :
go to control panel > internet options>
delete cokies
Delete temp files
delete history
and restart the computer.
2006-12-26 20:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋