gmail hacked! :s

hi everyone, i hope this is the right forum to post this in..
i just saw an email on my gmail account, its been sent from my ID and its in my sent messages folder as well so i know its been sent from my id,
it just says in the subject “amir hacks ur account”
and in the email it says “hey..see i hack ur id..but dont panic nothing wrongs done with ur id..see i have send u a mail through ur id itself..”

the email is in my sent mail folder!!!

i just changed my password but im so scared!!!

what do i doooooo

please help!!!

Re: gmail hacked! :s

Change ur password to a complex one, change all your personal info most importantly secret questions.
and DONT use Gmail from any public or shared computers.

Also make sure the hacker hasn’t added his own email as an alternate email in your Gmail account

Re: gmail hacked! :s

here’s a password strength checker
http://www.passwordmeter.com/

make sure you have these requirements met when you think up a password

  • Minimum 8 characters in length
  • Contains 3/4 of the following items:
    - Uppercase Letters
    - Lowercase Letters
    - Numbers
    - Symbols

Re: gmail hacked! :s

Nothing like this will help “if” the computer doesnt have a nice antivirus and is infected with a keylogger.

Further more better NOT to login to your email from another’s PC specially from an Internet cafe, because “mostly” people forget to logout and such things may happen.

If you feel yourself that you are using a good protected operating system then comes in the question about the password. It should be strong. (Capital/Small Alphabets, Numbers, Characters etc)

Now its not clear if you have installed an antivirus and if it is updated and running. If you have got strong password. If you logged in to your account from another computer.

Re: gmail hacked! :s

thanks everyone!!

Re: gmail hacked! :s

:bummer:

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change your password and personal details if not thn

Make a new id :frowning:

Re: gmail hacked! :s

Can you ask Amir to hack my id please???

Re: gmail hacked! :s

Eliana you didn’t answer whether you have anti-virus software installed or not, which aaho asked…please make sure and if you do have it hopefully it checks for spyware too, make sure you do a scan on scheduled times.

hopefully it’s your own personal computer you’re using and not a public one, if it is a public computer make sure you take precautions like uncheck the “Remember me on this computer” box and hopefully you remember to log out before you leave…

: )

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I wanna know the method of yahoo id hacking? is anybody know that?

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**Yeah i know how to hack yahoo … pm me your email id with password … i’ll send you the details

:cadet:
**

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I also said the same :barbie:

:smiley:

Re: gmail hacked! :s

Its been ages that i have written any blog and this topic is so hot for next blog entry. All i need some time to build a java app to support my app .. :expressionless: .. .. it will definitely help you guys to make secure passwords and you guys would not need to remember 'em .. :slight_smile: .. give me sometime

Re: gmail hacked! :s

well that’s why i quoted your post cuz the thread starter didn’t answer whether she had antivirus software installed
and whether she’s scanned her personal computer for spyware as well

she just disappeared :frowning:
and i added stuff that u forgot to mention :stuck_out_tongue:

@Eliana
here’s a link that shows more ways of preventing gmail accounts from being hacked:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/12/tips-of-how-to-prevent-your-gmail-from-being-hacked-by-phishers/

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Yeah right. that’s y u changed my things…? I hv searched many webs and in many things they hv written like this,
tell me truly if really someone can help me in hacking a yahoo account. or make my access to read its mail.