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someone is hacking onto my screen name and changing my profile and talking to people. i changed my password already and its so good i almost forgot it. how can i stop this??
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The person who is hacking onto your screename is probably hitting "Forgot password" and is signing onto your email to get your new password I'd change your emails password and don't make it something obvious like your birthdate or favorite color make it something completely random something not even the smartest person on earth would know change both passwords and try changing your screenames email so that it won't be sending it to the same email
Good luck
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Well, could be a couple of solutions, you'll have to try. First all, make sure there's no one around you in the room when you put in your password. After data is submitted you have little control over it. If you are on say, a network at work someone maybe using a packet sniffer to get your info. I doubt they'd be able to sniff your ISP's network with out hijacking a service you are already running, which maybe your case. Usually done by have the user unknowingly install a Trojan. I'd start off with installing a firewall like COMODO pro (it's free) and running a virus scan. Now, if you do have a firewall make sure it's enabled and not corrupt. I've seen in certain cases a firewall that was enabled was actually not working at all. Make sure your computer is updated with all the patches too. Also if you have a third party firewall and you are running XP with it's firewall, disable Window's firewall. It's not a true firewall in the first place. It doesn't monitor incoming traffic and really doesn't do much for outbound either.
One other thing. I assume you are using Windows. You could try and see if anything is running on your computer you don't know of, making connections to the Internet. Let me say this, that if you do find something you are unaware of, Google it and you may find out.
If you are running XP, go to start then run. If you don't see "run" press and hold the Window's logo key and press the R key.
Type in cmd
Type in netstat -ao This will display all connections and listening ports and the process IDs belonging to each connection.
Next open task manager CTRL+ALT+DELETE the go to the processes tab then on the menu click "view" then go to "set columns" check the box named PID. Then reference the ID numbers with what you have in the command prompt window. If you are sure you can disable that process, if not then Google it.
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