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edited November -1 in General Discussion
Has anyone heard of this? I just got an IM from a screenname labeled WarningBot3857 & it asked me to verify my password by IMing it to the bot.. now my AIM's shut off & I think it just hacked into my computer or something?? I don't know what's going, anyone who can, help! sad.gif
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  • thephantommilkthephantommilk
    oo..... *wince*

    I don't know enough about AIM to be able to help. it does sound like a hacker or something, but I have no clue how to fix it.

    do you have virus and spyware scanning stuff? I'd run any and all security type stuff just to make sure nothing is infectin gyou rcomputer, I think.

    and after that deleting AIM and re-downloading it, maybe using a different sn.

    but I don't know if any of that would help, I'm just guessing in the dark. I'd want someone else to give advice before I did anyhting other than that.
  • kissteam1kissteam1
    Wait.

    DID you give them your password?
  • classtimer5classtimer5
    Yes >< I felt like a total idiot afterwards.
  • women60bananawomen60banana
    Do you use the same password for anything else?
  • classtimer5classtimer5
    Yes, I use the same thing for my emails, MySpace, LiveJournal, but not when it involves credit cards & money-related areas.
  • kissteam1kissteam1
    QUOTE (tvheartache @ Sep 2 2006, 01:56 PM)
    Yes, I use the same thing for my emails, MySpace, LiveJournal, but not when it involves credit cards & money-related areas.

    Change your passwords.
  • thephantommilkthephantommilk
    can you change your password for myspace and livejournal (and your emails?)

    cause I know you can for AIM.

    I'm just brainstorming here, but if they really do mean to hack into stuff using it then it would be a good thing to change it, methinks.

    I dunno, listen to what Kay has to say. she probably has better advice anyways. =)
  • classtimer5classtimer5
    Who's Kay again? Haha, sorry :/
  • women60bananawomen60banana
    Haha, that's me, but I didn't really offer anything helpful, I think she meant what God was saying.
  • thephantommilkthephantommilk
    =P it's mixtape. (Kay = Kayliegh?)

    don't worry about names yet, haha. its your first day here, so no worries. hakuna matata.

    edit: oh, and I hadn't seen what God wrote, I was expecting you to reply seeing as you had asked a question, haha. like I said, no worries. I think we covered it all.
  • women60bananawomen60banana
    QUOTE (thephantommilk @ Sep 2 2006, 12:10 AM)
    =P it's mixtape. (Kay = Kayliegh?)

    don't worry about names yet, haha. its your first day here, so no worries. hakuna matata.

    edit: oh, and I hadn't seen what God wrote, I was expecting you to reply seeing as you had asked a question, haha. like I said, no worries. I think we covered it all.


    Kayleigh, yeah. Haha, I don't really have anything useful to say, I guess..just check if you can change your passwords and run a bunch of virus checks. Oh, and cross your fingers.
  • QueenofthePosersQueenofthePosers
    VIRUS CHECKS LIKE CRAZY! Seriously, you need to do that immediately with every kind of virus protection software you have, also report this to AOL, and change all your passwords. As everyone has been saying. Do all this ASAP
  • classtimer5classtimer5
    Thank you to all you guys for the help!
  • vacuum8rayonvacuum8rayon
    wow, yeah. i'd agree with everyone and change all your other passwords.
  • Unknown
    QUOTE (tvheartache @ Sep 2 2006, 04:37 AM)
    Has anyone heard of this? I just got an IM from a screenname labeled WarningBot3857 & it asked me to verify my password by IMing it to the bot.. now my AIM's shut off & I think it just hacked into my computer or something?? I don't know what's going, anyone who can, help! sad.gif



    yeah youve basically been conned


    as everyone else said change passwords


    do a virus scan



    and more importantly do a spybot/free ware scan
  • The End Has No JenThe End Has No Jen
    and if ANYTHING ever asks for your passwords again ignore it!!
  • Unknown
    hey jen, whats you password?
  • The End Has No JenThe End Has No Jen
    redhairedhippopotamus

    hahaha
  • Unknown
    *evil laugh*


    now i will take over your iddentity..
  • The End Has No JenThe End Has No Jen
    Thats actually quite serious. Ryan knows all of my passwords. Its a good job he isn't a freak or I'd be fucked lol!!!

    Did you manage to sort everything out??
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