Viruses, Keyloggers, Hijackers (was Yahoo)

[Guest guest]

Becky wrote:

> Someone is trying to access my yahoo account. They are constantly figuring

out my password. I don't know who it is. No matter what I put my password as,

they figure it out. Even if it makes no sense. So if there is an unusual email

from me, it's not me. Unless I can get to my computer fast enough.

Becky,

It sounds like you may have a virus (keylogger, hijacker, etc.) on your

computer. Please update and run your anti virus software.

Anti virus software is useless if you don't remember to manually update

it and run the stuff. Most programs claim that they always update and

run all by themselves, but most of them need a little help from us to

stay up to date and to keep our computers clean. Please manually update

and run your anti virus program at least once a week.

There are good, free anti virus programs. Avira Antivir, Microsoft

Security Essentials, and Grisoft AVG are three that come to mind. They

are simple to install and straight forward to use.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/cmthd9

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free

It would also be a good idea to download, install, and run the free

version of Malwarebytes:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Keeping Lavasoft's Ad-Aware running in the background doesn't hurt either.

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Lyndi

[Guest guest]

I'd also add a keystroke scrambler.

When someone is getting your information it can be one of the issues Lyndi

mentioned that captures your keystrokes (most likely) or they have to be

actively looking for your keystrokes (more remote but help desks deal with this

issue daily).

A keystroke scrambler program replaces every letter you type with a random

letter. So that anyone looking to capture your keystrokes in either manner will

get the scrambled letters. To you, the scrambled letters display in a separate

window, so you can go ahead and type normally.