hockey_player_11 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Ok, right now I am really pissed off. Someone has hacked into my msn account and is freaking out everyone I know. I've tried everything and cant figure out who it is. Is there any way to trace the IP and then find out who it is? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Have you tried contacting MSN? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hockey_player_11 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Have you tried contacting MSN? No, would they be able to do it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 If anyone can, they can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vapor 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 well, contact msn, and have them change your password. They didnt "hack" your account, they guessed your password. Through AIM it is very easy though, if you are talking to somebody, and are directly connection, just run a netstat -n from the command prompt, and there IP will be right there. I believe if you send files or connect in MSN, same applies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricG. 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 I think someone got my password to. I don't know how though, I never told anyone or came close to telling anyone, and my password is nothing like anything anyone would guess. Completely random. Is there any way someone could have guessed it. Is it also possible that MSN might have messed up, because I get the message that sais someone logged onto my account from a different computer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 I try to avoid using Microsoft services because they have more problems than the rest of the big ones combined. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eazy_b97 1 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 they can get around the password. The "hints" are killers, they can get in and change your password if they answer the questions about you correct. Most people don't put much thought into those. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hkyplaya4life 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Usually that happens when your windows messenger signs in. It runs silently and does that. It really pisses me off. alt+ctrl+del and then go to processes and see if msmsgs or whatever is running. msnmsgs is the real msn and the other one is windows messenger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyler33 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 I think someone got my password to. I don't know how though, I never told anyone or came close to telling anyone, and my password is nothing like anything anyone would guess. Completely random. Is there any way someone could have guessed it. Is it also possible that MSN might have messed up, because I get the message that sais someone logged onto my account from a different computer. I had the same problem. I usually just leave my icq on, and my msn was signed out. Well I was on the net, and a message popped up saying some one signed on. I was like huh? So I signed on and it said I had been logged on at another location or something. So I just changed my passwords, and not it doesn't happen anymore. It's weird because it only happens to a couple people. Like in my family I was the only one, but with my friends, 10 of them had to change there passwords to or this kept happening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vapor 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 I think someone got my password to. I don't know how though, I never told anyone or came close to telling anyone, and my password is nothing like anything anyone would guess. Completely random. Is there any way someone could have guessed it. Is it also possible that MSN might have messed up, because I get the message that sais someone logged onto my account from a different computer. A good cracker like LC4 could get right threw you password in minutes, if not seconds. For true pasword security, it should be a long string of Uppercase and Lowercase letters, along with numbers, for example EaGL41e16. If someone else has access to your computer, and could run LC4, your password would come right up. But as always, MS products have holes in them, so, get an apple Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricG. 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2004 If I've got LC4, is there any way to get someones password from another machine? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites