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Subject:
securing yahoo mail account
Category: Computers Asked by: vkr-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
28 Jul 2005 06:28 PDT
Expires: 27 Aug 2005 06:28 PDT Question ID: 548938 |
I am using yaho mail to send or to receive importent information from my Executives. How to know If any other person hacked or cracked my mail account? If nobody hacked/cracked it so far , how to know if any body tries for hacking/cracking my account in future and how to get protected from their attacks. |
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Re: securing yahoo mail account
From: hocus-ga on 28 Jul 2005 07:07 PDT |
I would recommend changing your passowrd on a regular basis |
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Re: securing yahoo mail account
From: avasquez-ga on 28 Jul 2005 07:40 PDT |
If you usually read your mail in the same computer, check against spyware and viruses also on regular basis. There are programs designed to steal passwords. Additionally, try to not use weak passwords like dictionary based passwords since they're easier to guess. Try to use a combination of caps, lower, numbers and signs such as #,$,!, etc. |
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Re: securing yahoo mail account
From: eudean-ga on 28 Jul 2005 11:32 PDT |
If possible, try using a passphrase (I know not all webmail providers allow such passphrases, but it makes life easier). It is much easier to remember a passphrase like "My hometown is LA and I love SoCal!", which is just as hard if not harder to crack than 48#4*Al(be or something crazy like that which you'll never remember (and inevitably have to write down, making it less secure). |
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Re: securing yahoo mail account
From: pumqara-ga on 28 Jul 2005 17:23 PDT |
If you are sending and receiving really important information I would suggest you to take a look at PGP http://www.pgp.com/products/index.html |
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Re: securing yahoo mail account
From: cynthia-ga on 30 Jul 2005 14:27 PDT |
I'd switch to HushMail: http://www.hushmail.com/ Both the sender and receiver need to have an account --either free or premium, then you can sleep easier... |
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Re: securing yahoo mail account
From: twirl83-ga on 08 Aug 2005 03:33 PDT |
First, make your password long enough (i.e, around 14 characters). And change it every week. Second, all the data sent and received between you and yahoo! is encrypted, because yahoo uses SSL (secure socket layer) to protect the data from being read by other people on the network. Finally, you can't know if someone is trying to hack your account, because hacking methods vary and depending on the method the result could be different. Always make sure that your computer doesnt have keyboard logging software installed, else your password could be sent to the person who installed this software. So if you are in an Internet cafe, do not check your email there. Install Microsoft AntiSpyware which is free. It protects you from most of the worms on the Internet. Especially the ones that send information about your computer. |
Subject:
Re: securing yahoo mail account
From: goki75-ga on 09 Aug 2005 12:10 PDT |
By default you can't with yahoo.... There are other ways you can get a fairly reasonable idea whether someone has tried to open your account while you were away. 1. Note down the number of new messages in the yahoo main page it shows something like this Inbox(26), Bulk(7) 2. Next time before you login to your account Log in to yahoo messenger with the same id. yahoo messenger pops out a message / tooltip saying "you have 10 new messages" 3. now log in to your yahoo mail address the no of mails should read 10+the number of mails last time you saw before logging out last time in our case it should read: Inbox(36), Bulk(7) if there are more or less...then there is a very strong chance that someone has tried to open your account Things you need to do on your computer 1. Use the latest browser preferably mozilla firefox 1.0.6 at the time of writing 2. Donot use mail account from public places 3. Ensure you have the latest antivirus updates 4. Check for spyware using Ad-Aware/ your antivirus or any other new anti spyware tool 5. put a decent firewall on you computer..if nothing use Zone Alarm 6. MOST IMPORTANT: if you are accessing yahoo through web use ssl goto https://login.yahoo.com nOT repeat not http://login.yahoo.com see the difference http and https. And finally enable your bulk mail folder and donot open spam or suspicious mail Logout and close your browser |
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