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Yahoo notified a friend "Your password for this account has recently been changed." Now what No access since

A member of my Yahoo group lost access because Yahoo changed her password!

"... this message is simply a notification to protect the

security of your account.

Please note: your new password may take a while to activate. If it

doesn't work on your first try, please try it again later."

After a couple of days of trying she finally was given some weird password.

Why did Yahoo do this?! It has just caused a mess. Now she needs to change the weird password to something she can remember and does not know how.

Can anyone guide her?

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  • Blue
    Lv 7
    2 decades ago
    Favorite Answer

    She can change her password with the forgot password option right under where you sign into Yahoo. However, it sounds like someone else has access to her account. Yahoo wouldn't have changed her password. A person who knows the account information would have requested the new password. It would be a good idea to get a new Yahoo ID to prevent this from happening again.

  • 2 decades ago

    In order to change your password;

    1.)Sign into your account

    2.)Click on Options

    3.)Click on Account Information (located on the left-hand side)

    4.)Type in the current password

    5.)Click on Change Password (highlighted in blue,within the first section)

    6.)Type in the current password and than the password you’d like it to be.

  • Muffin
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    I have no idea, for awhile there I was getting odd emails from yahoo saying I had to confirm something but everytime I clicked on the link nothing would happen. And, knock on wood, so far my email still works but it was really weird and I still don't understand this.

  • 2 decades ago

    Hi Dear!!!

    If you have remember your Date of birth ,country code ,and country name and secret answer just follow the below link

    http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_forgot_pw?new=1&...

    If you forgot ur secret answer there will be other option "send it by my alternate adress" just click at this after a sec you will received your new password by ur alternate adress.

    And last option if there is no option for alternate then reply back to yahoo team which e-mail u have got. they will send your new password by that e-mail.

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  • 2 decades ago

    create another account

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