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silverback · Apr 26, 2005, 04:49 AM

Hi everyone

As of last night someone managed to hack into my Yahoo email account. I would just set a new email up but Ive used my account for several years and everything is stored in there.

I don't know what to do, and how to regain entry, also the longer its left I wonder what someone is doing with my account.

Ive emailed Yahoo but am still waiting for a reply, god I hope they can help.

Ive tried to reset/retrieve my password but the system is sure I don't know my own DETAILS!!

Im stuck for ideas, anything at all would be grateful. Thank you

SilverBack

ScottGem · Apr 26, 2005, 05:25 AM

Other then contacting Yahoo, you are stuck.

Nez · Apr 26, 2005, 08:39 AM

As Scott has told you,I don't think anything can be done.The best advice I can give is to set up another account.There are plenty of free one's on offer.Never store anything sensitive in one account.Spred it over several.Better still,dont store anything sensitive at all.I have three free accounts,one for the family,one for close friends,and one for basic junk sites,which ask you to click on a link(if your not sure it's genuine,dont do it!!)to get entry to a tech site or whatever.My emails,both sent and received are mostly boring affairs,with nothing of importance.Always use a good password,both letters,numbers and symbals,and don't forget to write it down,and keep it safe at home.If Yahoo won't help,drop them.

Nez. :(

NeedKarma · Apr 26, 2005, 12:06 PM

Has anyone tested this YahooPOPS program to see if it works?
http://yahoopops.sourceforge.net/index.php

I may try it this weekend. Apparently it allows you to download your Yahoo mail to Outlook (for example) so that you can save your mail on your local machine.

ScottGem · Apr 27, 2005, 05:32 AM

Looks interesting, but I'm not sure there is much in my Yahoo mail I want to keep.

curious_nic · Jun 5, 2005, 09:05 AM

Hi there wel I'm glad I'm not the only one as from the 2ndmay I also have been hacked and like yourself I cannot getting even with my password etc I've contacted Yahoo several times (about 90and I'm none the wiser my prob is my husband has ben getting messages via Yahoo messenger which contain porn links! My worry is who has the id now as I've a Yahoo photo album with mny kids pics in Yahoo have been told this but to close my account and delete my id I need to be sighnd in (a bit impossible when uve been hacked and your password changed,, any help would be verry gratefull of how to get back my id or close it so my Yahoo photos etc all get removed ,
Many thanks
Nicola(worried mother)

LTheobald · Jun 6, 2005, 04:44 AM

Nicola, as mentioned above - Yahoo cannot be hacked into. Also it's unethical and nobody here would help somebody hack into anything, even if the reasons were legitimate. So I'm afraid apart from keep trying Yahoo, there is nothing that can be done.

curious_nic · Jun 8, 2005, 07:11 AM

Maybe your not up to date ,if Yahoo can't be hacked how come my hubby and others on my messenger list are getting pms from me with porn links in then . :rolleyes:

NeedKarma · Jun 8, 2005, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by curious_nic

maybe ur not up to date ,if yahoo can't be hacked how come my hubby and others on my messenger list are getting pms from me with porn links in then . :rolleyes:

Yahoo Mail and YIM are two separate programs.

LTheobald · Jun 9, 2005, 04:35 AM

It could be possible that you've got a trojan/spyware on your computer. That would explain the sending of the porn links via Yahoo messenger. It might also explain why you can't get into your Yahoo account. The bit of software might have been tracking your key presses or something like that. If it can send porn links to your husband, it could reset your password or send it to someone else.

So do the following:

Get a virus scanner and make sure it is up to date. Do a full scan on your PC
Download some spyware removers (search for Ad-Aware & Spybot: Search & Destroy on http://www.download.com/)
It might also be worth getting a firewall installed. One does come with Windows XP if you are running that.
make sure you have the latest security fixes for your version of windows

fredg · Jun 12, 2005, 03:32 AM

Hi,
Any web based email should not be used for important stuff for storage in email. Yahoo, at some time or another, maybe every few months or so, changes its programming, offering something new.
There is a chance that any email will be lost at that time.
The chances are "slim and none" that your email can be recovered.
The safest email is from your own home computer, using Outlook or Outlook Express, with an ISP, or whoever. This type of email, with all its folders, can be backed up (copied or burned) to a CD-R, or other media; and can be re-installed into the computer. There are other ways to backup web based email as well.

Unfortunately, you are stuck. Yahoo probably willl not reply, or worse yet, will probably not be able to do anything about it.
Best wishes,
fredg

ScottGem · Jun 12, 2005, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by fredg

Hi,
Yahoo, at some time or another, maybe every few months or so, changes its programming, offering something new.
There is a chance that any email will be lost at that time.
fredg

Why do you persist in giving out this misinformation, Fred? Yahoo or any service, uses redundancy, fault tolerance and real time backups. There is no way that they will lose mail when making a programming change. You have said many times that you just want to help people, well how is it helping when you give them such bad information?

emporor008 · Jun 12, 2005, 12:09 PM

Are their programs out their that people can use to hack your account?

ScottGem · Jun 12, 2005, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by emporor008

Are their programs out their that poeple can use to hack your account?

Whether there are or not is not the issue. The issue is it is illegal to do so and therefore such questions will not be dealt with kindly here.

thebriggsdude · Jun 12, 2005, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by fredg

Hi,
Any web based email should not be used for important stuff for storage in email. Yahoo, at some time or another, maybe every few months or so, changes its programming, offering something new.
There is a chance that any email will be lost at that time.
The chances are "slim and none" that your email can be recovered.
The safest email is from your own home computer, using Outlook or Outlook Express, with an ISP, or whoever. This type of email, with all its folders, can be backed up (copied or burned) to a CD-R, or other media; and can be re-installed into the computer. There are other ways to backup web based email as well.

Unfortunately, you are stuck. Yahoo probably willl not reply, or worse yet, will probably not be able to do anything about it.
Best wishes,
fredg

Can only happen if it all gets fried, simple as that... the possibility of them losing it while changing or upgrading, is zero.

Nez · Jun 13, 2005, 03:25 AM

Just a short reply.I found this while scanning articles on Computeractive magazine.The link takes you to an artcle about web security,including email.

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/comp...ng-eye-privacy

Nez.

crazygirl · Jun 16, 2005, 11:34 PM

Number one you probably won't never get it back because if they hacked it they know all the tricks in the book number two you should protect yourself more crackers cannot crack passwords such as this ~!@#$%^(space)for(space)serious(space)^%$#@!~ number 3 you can get a cracker from many different websites but I doubt it will work sorry hun make a new one and make your password more difficult spaces numbers symbols they can't crack that on Yahoo there is no way

lolita82 · Jul 3, 2005, 06:24 PM

Hey guys,
I'm sorry but I think someone is trying to hack my email. I received an email message that I'm 98% sure is a hoax to get my password. I need some feedback on what someone else thinks...
So, I got this feeling because it seemed like a very odd email...
Here's why:
It's titled: Yahoo!: Please Verify Your Email Address
(very official Yahoo! Message BUT)
It says:
Your Yahoo! ID: minerchic2004 (that's NOT my Yahoo! ID)
Your Email Address: myaddress@hotmail.com
(HOTMAIL?? -that's what I first noticed to be odd... why does Yahoo! Want to verify my HOTMAIL email to a Yahoo! ID I don't even have or know? I don't understand!! )
... then there is a link and when I click on it, it asks me for my password (again, very official Yahoo! Site).
I've heard about exploits before (I'm not a "total" spazz) and I think this might be one... or is it someone that opened a Yahoo!Account and put my hotmail email by mistake as a secondary email address and THAT's what Yahoo! Wants to verify?
I'd LOVE to be 100% sure on this!

My first instinct was that someone tried to use an exploit meant for Yahoo! To get my Hotmail password (THAT was a spazz)... what do you guys think?

thebriggsdude · Jul 3, 2005, 08:39 PM

Sounds like a scam to me, also make sure you keep a firewall up, spyware remover programs and such. To be safe

LTheobald · Jul 4, 2005, 04:37 AM

If you ever get an email asking you to verify your email, beware. It's nearly always a hoax. If you have just signed up to a forum and they send you an email asking to verify, fine. But that will just be a case of clicking a link - you won't have to enter your email/password.

One good way to test if these emails are a hoax is this... Normally, the email will have a link saying click here, followed by an address that looks valid. If you right click on this link and choose Properties, it will show you the address the link is pointing to. If it's something to the link that was on the page, it's a hoax.

If you want to read a little more on this, try searching Google for the term "phishing".