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2. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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   Scan all your devices – Download a reputable anti-virus program that will scan your devices for malware or computer viruses. They should also be capable of detecting phishing programs or those ...

3. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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   Signs of a hacked account • You're not receiving any emails. • Your AOL Mail is sending spam to your contacts. • You keep getting bumped offline when you're signed into your account. • You see logins from unexpected locations on your recent activity page. • Your account info or mail settings were changed without your knowledge.

4. Protecting your AOL Account

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   Update and Secure your computer • Enable your firewall. • Update your software, such as AOL Desktop Gold Software, McAfee, Adobe products and Java. • Regularly scan your computer for spyware and viruses using anti-virus software. If you don’t have a one, we recommend McAfee Internet Security Suite – Special edition from AOL.

5. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   You'll also get a notification titled “Your AOL account information has changed” if any info in your account settings are updated. What AOL communications look like • Viewing from web-based email - Emails from AOL will include icons that will indicate it is either Official mail or Certified mail , depending on the type of email you received.

6. Browse Security Solutions for Online Safety | AOL

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   Enhanced security to help protect you from hackers and identity thieves. Use a VPN to get better protection when you’re online, keep your browsing history private and encrypt your device’s ...

7. Zombie (computing) - Wikipedia

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   In computing, a zombie is a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker.

8. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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   Spoofing happens when someone sends emails making it look like it they were sent from your account. In reality, the emails are sent through a spoofer's non-AOL server. They show your address in the "From" field to trick people into opening them and potentially infecting their accounts and computers. Differences between hacked and spoofed

9. Penetration test - Wikipedia

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   During this conference, the computer security experts Willis Ware, Harold Petersen, and Rein Turn, all of the RAND Corporation, and Bernard Peters of the National Security Agency (NSA), all used the phrase "penetration" to describe an attack against a computer system. In a paper, Ware referred to the military's remotely accessible time-sharing ...