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RE: someone hacking my account
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which means you have nothing but viruses on your computer as well..., I suggest then format your computer, reinstall windows and then change your password, secret question, etc.

You shouldn't suggest that to users when it's mearly someone using a bot to login to an account X times and kicking them off :-/.

So it isn't possible that someone was/is using a virus, or even a keylogger, to get that information and quickly lock him out of his account? Take it from me, it happened to me until I formatted.

I forget exactly how many attempts that it takes for failed logins until your acount is locked for X minutes (It's changed since the last time I tried it). cd02 didn't state someone had his password, only that his account kept getting locked. Even if cd02 had a virus or a keylogger, recommending a format is the last resort. A virus scan/adware scan should be the first steps. :)
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someone hacking my account - by cd02 on 12-26-2007 at 09:52 PM
RE: someone hacking my account - by MattyRid on 12-26-2007 at 10:28 PM
RE: someone hacking my account - by RebelSean on 12-26-2007 at 10:51 PM
RE: someone hacking my account - by cd02 on 12-27-2007 at 01:28 AM
RE: someone hacking my account - by MattyRid on 12-27-2007 at 01:42 AM
RE: someone hacking my account - by Shippo on 12-27-2007 at 02:24 AM
RE: someone hacking my account - by cd02 on 12-27-2007 at 03:16 PM
RE: someone hacking my account - by RebelSean on 12-27-2007 at 07:00 PM
RE: someone hacking my account - by MattyRid on 12-27-2007 at 10:23 PM
RE: someone hacking my account - by RebelSean on 12-28-2007 at 06:43 AM


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