Someone hacked in my Yahoo Marketing and bought ads for his site

Discussion in 'General Business' started by soccerfriend, Jan 24, 2008.

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    Someone has hacked into my Yahoo! Marketing and started promoting his site. Put $500 spending a day as a limit.. The only reason I found out is that Yahoo sent me email saying that there is not enough funds in my account and want charge more..

    WTF? I am contacting Yahoo about it.. Any advice what to do in this situation?

    Be aware!
     
    soccerfriend, Jan 24, 2008 IP
  2. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Only way is to contact Yahoo, maybe check if your computer contains any trojans and change the passwords for the rest of your accounts.
     
    wisdomtool, Jan 24, 2008 IP
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    Call yahoo and cancel the account immediately. Also, call the credit card company and put a hold on that card. Pick a secure password with more than 14 characters, using Alpha Numerics and symbols.
     
    flaco, Jan 24, 2008 IP
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    Check for a keylogger
     
    sam_m, Jan 24, 2008 IP
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    MammaRose Banned

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    Be careful, if anything else contains the same username or password.

    It stinks that people steal from people who work hard.
     
    MammaRose, Jan 24, 2008 IP
  6. soccerfriend

    soccerfriend Well-Known Member

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    how would I check for keylogger?

    I have norton installed it was very reliable all this time
     
    soccerfriend, Jan 24, 2008 IP
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    Check if your norton is up-to-date, if it is, you just got hit by an undetected virus. (yes they do exist lol)
     
    gjvblack, Jan 24, 2008 IP
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    As mentioned, call the credit card company and report this. Then purchase and download one of the better anti-virus/trojan programs, get off the internet (in case there is an infection and information keeps going out) and run the program till it gets everything.
     
    AreaZeroOne, Jan 25, 2008 IP
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    Pinup Girl Notable Member

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    oh dude,thats so bad,maybe has a keylogger in your computer,use keyscrambler to prevent your pc from keyloggers
     
    Pinup Girl, Jan 25, 2008 IP
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    download a spyware ad run it. some keyloggers, spywares arent detected by norton or some antiviruses .
     
    Thaales, Jan 25, 2008 IP
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    Hey this is bad news... I hate it when such things happen... I think you should freeze your credit card immediately
     
    dillontim, Jan 25, 2008 IP
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