my account was compromised yesterday,for 9 yrs i have used public library puters for yahoo/internet access w/no probs,i signed out yesterday here and my mail round 1:15 then returned round 2:45 only to not be able to sign back in.either my account has been compromised and someone changed my password,or yahoo terminated my account.The account in question is borgpad@yahoo.com, my alternative email address is borgdrones@yahoo.com I gave them till 1-19-07 in my 4th question/complaint to them to hear from them,not an automated response,i also expect to be allowed access,or be allowed to recover my saved data.
2007-01-13 05:35:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
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2007-01-13 05:47:14 · answer #1 · answered by G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dream on, friend. You'd think that someone with 9 years of experience on the 'net would know better to change his passwords frequently and would use secure, complex passwords. And you'd think that someone with 9 years of experience would know better than to put critical information up on a free service.
You can yell and scream all you want to, but once an account is compromized there is NO WAY that Yahoo will do anythig for you to recover the account. The reason for this is quite simple. Yahoo used to do that, but were burned when it turned out that thieves were using Yahoo's good nature to hijack accounts.
Your only option is to run through the "lost password" recovery procedures. If the secrets haven't been changed or if the hijacker hasn't changed the linked e-mail address you can get back in to the account. Otherwise the account is lost forever.
2007-01-13 06:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 10:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not in a good situation. However it will become worse since you have posted your email. The spam bot will crawl all over this forum. Better tighten up those spam filters. I would remove your address from this public forum fast.
2007-01-13 05:41:22 · answer #4 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dude, 9 years online, and you still have not learned to NOT post your e-mail address on a public accessable web-site? Sheesh!
2007-01-13 06:13:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋