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My emails/computer has been hacked into
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the password i was using showed as reasonable strength on the rumkin site. Once the kaspersky scan has run i will do the steps you have posted above and post the results here, thanks for all the help0
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This is true. It's not going to do any good for infected systems. However there's no harm in being extra careful with these things.
If no one is watching, then all it does it take more time to do the same task.
If someone is watching, then it will do nothing to prevent passwords from being stolen. Keyloggers can do far more than just monitor physical keystrokes.
Also those plain text files will be very visible to someone looking for passwords, hidden attribute or not. Even hack tools in the 90s had features specifically to find .txt files when accessing compromised systems! Unless they are encrypted, then this method will ultimately leave someone more vulnerable IMO.0 -
I suppose we all have our opinions.
And i don't mean just simple .txt files, i mean files that have a load of text in already, that have a random word in it somewhere that is your password.0 -
I suppose we all have our opinions.
And i don't mean just simple .txt files, i mean files that have a load of text in already, that have a random word in it somewhere that is your password.
.txt files? Random words?
Use your word processor to write it out longhand.
e.g "password for hotmail is: ambidextrous".
Somebody would have to scan gigabytes of my files to find just the one page. Unless you label the file "passwords".
(And that's also on my 'D' drive, after they have scoured my 'C' drive.)
Keep it on a USB stick, and use it when you need it maybe?0 -
the result of the quick scan log:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.51.2.1300
www.malwarebytes.org
Database version: 7716
Windows 6.0.6000
Internet Explorer 7.0.6000.16982
14/09/2011 19:01:10
mbam-log-2011-09-14 (19-01-10).txt
Scan type: Quick scan
Objects scanned: 150585
Time elapsed: 3 minute(s), 23 second(s)
Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 0
Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)0
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