How do you know if your Yahoo! Messenger's being hacked or not?

No it is not an indication of someone trying to hack your account. It is usually one's own stupidity that gets an account hacked.

YES SOMEBODY CAN STEAL YOUR PASSWORD, AND IT IS VERY EASY TO DO IF YOU HAVE NOT SECURED YOUR ACCOUNT.

IF YOU ARE NET SAVY, AND SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT NO ONE CAN STEAL YOUR PASSWORD, IT IS ALL UP TO YOU.

there are 4 ways to steal a password

1 Phishing - Make a false sign in page and send it to people through messenger. With a little message as if you know the person, then prompting them to SIGN IN and view some pics to remind them. Amazing the amout of people who fall for this.DO NOT SIGN INTO ANY LINK THAT IS SENT TO YOU ON MESSENGER, EVEN IF IT IS A YAHOO SIGN IN PAGE, ALWAYS ENTER YAHOO THROUGH THE YAHOO HOME PAGE. read> http://security.yahoo.com/article.html?aid=2006111...

2. Plant a key logger in a file and send through email or messenger, The person downloads the key logger which copies all script typed and sends it to and email address, or through messenger to the thief. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYFILES FROM ANYONE YOU DO NOT KNOW.

3. Cracking . Programmes made to load thousands of Yahoo IDS, and a list of passwords are run through that list at a very fast speed. Amazing the amount of IDs that have easy passwords and easily cracked. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD PASSWORD SOMETHING WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS IN IT. THE YAHOO GENERATED PASSWORDS ARE THE HARDEST TO CRACK.

4. Social Engineering The thief gets to know the person and encourages them to give their password.

DO NOT SIGN INTO ANY LINK SENT TO YOU ON MESSENGER, ALWAYS USE THE YAHOO HOME PAGE.

So many people do not realise you do not need to sign into geocities and otehr sites to view pics.

Make sure you have a good password, something with letters and numbers in it. The yahoo generated passwords are the hardest to crack.

Do not give your personal info out online e.g birthdate, zip code, etc

SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT, BE NET SAVY CLICK THE LINKS BELOW AND READ ON ..

http://www.freecreed.com/userid.html

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