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Post by Jacks on Oct 14, 2005 13:37:21 GMT
It would appear, after yesterday's banning of moi, that my email account has been hacked. Below are some guidelines on ways to improve your security on this, and other sites 'Crackers' get hold of your passwords by gaining access to email via the security question, or by guessing the password of an admin or gmod, or running a scanner to do the same. Follow these guidelines :- 1. ensure your email password security question is not obvious (don't have 'my favourite football team' then go talking about them non stop) 2. You may want to change your email address / provider (the cracker may still have access to the old one) 3. Use the 'Hide email' option (if you want members to contact you, use one of the free 'throwaway' emails for public view) 4. Make ANY passwords difficult (use upper and lower case letters, mixed with numbers) 5. Use different passwords for each account. 6. Use different email for your main Admin account(s), and don't make it public. 7. Don't let ANYONE know your passwords (if you make a note of them, keep them safe) 8. If you share a computer/ computer account, don't 'let the computer remember password' 9. Tell your main staff to do the same (2nd Admin, and G Mods) 10. Don't open links in PM's, unless you know EXACTLY what it is.
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Post by angel2 on Oct 14, 2005 14:38:10 GMT
Thanks for the advice jacks xx
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Post by strauss on Oct 14, 2005 15:01:03 GMT
Aww thanks for that Jacks, i'm sorry to hear you have had problems.xx
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