There's A Problem...

SpyroFanatic · Jun 10, 2008 10:14 PM

I believe someone has been going into my account. Nothing bad has happened, YET. Any ideas? I changed my password and logout and exit everytime I leave now.

-Ika

Doppelgangergang · Jun 10, 2008 10:41 PM

1. Good thing that you changed your password. That's what I'd do first.

2. Logout before exiting! That's a must!

3. School and public computers are NOT trustable. Who knows? Maybe some jerk has a keystroke logger or password capturer in there.
I do check the back of the school computer first to spot these devices, and I load Linux on the computers to disable any keystroke loggers.

4. NEVER go online here with a friend at your back. Who knows? Maybe he/she may pull a nasty prank.

5. Choose a GOOD password. Hard to guess, easy to remember. Also, put a four-digit number at the end of the password if you can. This increases the strength of the password even more.

To SR:
Is it possible to see the IP address of every post? And what will happen if you do get your SpyroForum account hacked? Is it possible to get it back?

corky · Jun 11, 2008 2:59 AM

How do you know someone got into your account? I mean, did they post something you didn't do? And yeah, Doppel, a friend at your back might not be a good idea. My friend plays runescape aswell, and i asked him to stare at the wall wen i was typing my password.

Doppelgangergang · Jun 11, 2008 3:19 AM

If someone is going through my account, I would know. New posts I have not seen before will be unlit.

Spyrorocks · Jun 11, 2008 4:46 AM

If someone screws with your account, and you report it to me, ill get your account back.

heres a trick to screw up keyloggers:

Lets say my password is this:

dingledangle334

When you type it in type this first:

dangle334

Then, put your cursor to the front of the input box and type the first part..

dingle

resulting in...

dingledangle334

but they keylogger sees it as..

dangle334dingle

The more complicated your password is, the better this trick works.

Fletch_Talon · Jun 11, 2008 4:47 AM

thats an awesome tip spyrorocks, someone needs to tell all the WoW players that, cuz thereve been some major keylogging issues on the forums of late

Doppelgangergang · Jun 11, 2008 8:13 PM

Well, my trick is to use an on-screen keyboard. No keystroke, no keylogs. smile

Fletch_Talon · Jun 12, 2008 3:07 AM

thats also a good idea, in fact i believe blizzard have suggested it themselves

alexis1213 · Jun 12, 2008 4:30 AM

Fletch_Talon wrote:

thats also a good idea, in fact i believe blizzard have suggested it themselves

my password can only be breach if u knew part of my name no it's not my first name but i'm not telling :-X

Fletch_Talon · Jun 12, 2008 5:38 AM

alexis1213 wrote:

Fletch_Talon wrote:
thats also a good idea, in fact i believe blizzard have suggested it themselves
my password can only be breach if u knew part of my name no it's not my first name but i'm not telling :-X

the problem is that if you accidentally pick up a keyloggerit doesnt matter how hard your password is to guess, theyll be able to get into your account

a keylogger takes a log of what keys you press on the keyboard, so if your password is

djkgkshlfk5673

then everytime you typed it in that password would be sent to whoever was behind the keylogger

also, basing it on your name isnt the best idea, not so much due to people online guessing it, but people in real life, if someone who knows your name wanted to get into an account, the first things theyd guess would be birthday, name and other personal details

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