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  2. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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    Email filters • Display name • Email signature • Blocked addresses • Mail away message. If your account has been compromised. If you think your account has been compromised, follow the steps listed below to secure it. 1. Change your password immediately. 2. Delete app passwords you don’t recognize. 3. Revert your mail settings if ...

  3. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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    Check your credit report – If a hacker sets up a new account in your name, chances are that you won’t notice until you check your credit history. If you detect suspicious activity, contact the ...

  4. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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    If you experience any of the signs below, it's likely your account is being spoofed. Please be aware that unrecognized emails in your sent folder is not a sign of a spoofed account and is an indicator that your account was hacked. • Your contacts are receiving emails that you didn't send. • You receive spam emails from your own email address.

  5. Fix issues with AOL Mail image challenges

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    Before you attempt another image challenge, clear the cache on your web browser. If you're still prompted to retake the image challenge multiple times a day, you might have a more serious issue. Check out the Security Center for info about recommended antivirus software and reset your password to make sure it's secure.

  6. Email hacking - Wikipedia

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    Email is a very widely used communication method. If an email account is hacked, it can allow the attacker access to the personal, sensitive or confidential information in the mail storage; as well as allowing them to read new incoming and outgoing email - and to send and receive as the legitimate owner.

  7. Password cracking - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of password cracking might be to help a user recover a forgotten password (due to the fact that installing an entirely new password would involve System Administration privileges), to gain unauthorized access to a system, or to act as a preventive measure whereby system administrators check for easily crackable passwords. On a file ...

  8. CryptoLocker - Wikipedia

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    CryptoLocker typically propagated as an attachment to a seemingly innocuous email message, which appears to have been sent by a legitimate company. [5] A ZIP file attached to an email message contains an executable file with the filename and the icon disguised as a PDF file, taking advantage of Windows' default behaviour of hiding the extension from file names to disguise the real .EXE extension.

  9. What's a six-digit verification code — and why you should ...

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    For example, you might get a text message or email with a six-digit code that you must enter when you log into your bank account. This extra level of protection keeps scammers and hackers out.