Is there any way to find out who someone is just by knowing their e-mail? My sister is being bothered by someone through e-mails...he has no yahoo profile, we searched on myspace, yahoo search, google search.....we can't find out anything....and we also did a reverse email lookup i think it's called..... her password keeps getting changhed on her account, everytime she goes to sign on it's been changed......is there anything we can do? is their anyways we can trace where the emails are coming from?
2007-12-14 07:27:16 · 5 answers · asked by teengothicqueen14 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Sounds like a hacker as taken control of your sisters pc. In this case the only option is to remove your platform and perform a clean re-install.
If your sister has used her pc for banking or credit card use, I would tell her to visit her bank right away and advise them of the sitatuion. (She will be held liable for all credit cards usage and worse of all, all monies stolen from her banking account).
If by chance she has given out her real name and address, I suggest she file a formal report with the police and let them send a forensic computer expert to her home to look at her pc. (They have the tools & expertise, to get the info from the IP from where the emails were sent from).
Next time, if she does not have one, install the free version of zone alarm firewall. http://www.zonealarm.com
Avast free for home personal use antivirus. http://www.avast.com
Superanitspyware free version: http://www.superantispyware.com
A2Squard Free from Austria, finds all keyloggers, rogue dialers, adware, trace spyware, malware, etc. etc.
http://www.emsisoft.com
Best of luck.
Minddocotor, France
2007-12-14 09:37:51 · answer #1 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Email doesn't require that the sender's email be authentic. So this means you can make an email look like it came from any email address pretty easy. If her password is being changed she needs to make sure her secret question is reset. It's also possible her computer has been compromised. In which case the "hacker" is just intercepting her password every time she changes it.
She should change her secret question and password from a different computer and see if that stops the problem. If it does she probably needs to reinstall her operating system and get a firewall.
2007-12-14 08:15:01 · answer #2 · answered by Travis T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, hire an IT network service man to reinstall your OS, configure ZoneAlarm Pro, and add a LinkSys firewall.
The IT man will know how to track down the individual and prevent future break ins.
Stop downloading free windows software, and use firefox+noscript+adblockpro.
Consider Ubuntu Live CD for web browsing.
2007-12-14 07:52:49 · answer #3 · answered by ★Greed★ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have someone break into your system , meaning
hacked which can be possibilities of no firewall or a virus
or spyware like keyloggers here are free programs.
anti spyware www.lavasoft.com adaware.
anti virus www.free-av.com
a better firewall than windows go to www.filehippo.com and get
comodo firewall make sure its version 2.4
also run only 1 firewall so turn windows firewall off if you are
using that.
2007-12-14 07:32:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sofi was being nasty. Most people on the planet are "coloured". Wherever you go people will label you. It's no big deal. Most people of African descent don't know where they emanate from. You are who ever you want to be.
2016-05-23 23:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋