SavageFaerie
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With permission from Gauge....here is a very edited converation we just had about a current Yahoo hacker. He will follow the post with his permissions:
F I hate to bother you right now but I need Yahoo Geek assistance.
G Since I am a Yahoo geek I guess I can help :)
F okey.....earlier this week______got her yahoo hacked while she was on it.....we were also chatting at the time
F changed her password, threatened her ect........tried to send me a file which I know better than to accept
F this person now have everyone on her contact list, msg me and others on her list
F Broke into one of our conversations and tried to force a file though...I deleted all contact info on ______ and have her on ignore
F Question is you think he has all our contact lists now??? should we delete our account in full.
not remember or auto login
G My answer would be a firm yes. Since you do not know what originated the attack I would shut down all of your Yahoo accounts (everyone effected) and start new ones
G Oh shit
G She has a keystroke logger
F Would it be safe..... to safe my contact list???
F yeah thats what I am figuring too
F she just uses the free virus scanners
G Sure it would. But you better manually add all the contacts back in, do not migrate the files
F Thats what I meant to do
G Which ones does she use?\
F I am not postive
F She had d/l a new free one when this happened so it would be up to date
G OK... here is what she should do
F We here are sharing the purchase of the full MacAfee suite this week
G Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan
G Have her do the full scan there... it is an online scan
F Do you mind if I pass this converation on to ppl I know....or could you post a off topic on this or something?
G Not at all... please do in fact
F I knew I could ask you...I know most of what you said...but needed confirmation.
F especially about the contact list
G The other thing she should do is to download a reliable trojan remover... this might cost a little, but this will make sure her system is clean
G The hacker got in there somehow and my guess is a trojan
F Mine too that is what I was thinking and the keystrocking
F She is at work right now....and can get CM mail but not access yahoo
G Tell her to get Adaware, Spybot Search And Destroy and Spyware blaster... have her update all of them and do the scans
F So I am going to cut and paste this with all personal information and not revelant edited out
F now quick question
F I use AOL safety and security center and it seems to catch most of it Is that a good or bad thing since it AOL although I am getting the suite.
G AOL's stuff is OK... not the best but it will work
F Oh I know at least it macafee powered....would you suggest a better internet protection suite?
F other than macAfee?
F the buy in the store variety
G AVG Pro is very good. Norton is OK also. I never had much faith in Mcafee
G Oh... tell her to get a firewall if she doesnt have one already
F Oh I was going to do that....thats what catches my stuff
F tho its isnt the pro but that is fixing to change
G ZoneAlarm free is decent... a bit of a pain at first but good enough
F okay
G I take it she has broadband?
F but you think that Trend online scan will find the torjan? so would the spy program
F No dialup
G Ahhhh... OK
G It might if she has one
F I think we all have dialup...how sad
G OK... a few other things... after she gets all of this done, tell her to make sure she has a good backup of her system in case this idiot gets in again. Also warn her about going to unknown sites... they can be nasty as shit. I went to one the other day and I got 6 or 7 virus alerts right off the bat
< Message edited by SavageFaerie -- 8/3/2006 12:09:24 PM >
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