
How to know my email is Hacked?
1.
If you are
not able to login to your email with same old password.
2.
If your
friends are receiving emails from your account asking for money.
3.
If people in
your contact list are receiving strange links and picture links.
4.
After you login you find out there are no mails at all and all mails are deleted.
5.
When you see
strange emails in sent items which you never sent.
How does my email got hacked? What did I do?
1.
Did you
click on the link sent calming jobs, lottery confirm? Sample below: 
2.
Did you open
any attachment claiming TT transfer Successful.
3.
Did you
download any software from unknown website recently?
4.
Are you
using same password on many websites?
5.
Did you open
link sent by friend to see pictures? may be his email is also
hacked and he is unaware of it.
6.
Did
you receive email from your own email address asking to open link?
What to do once email is Hacked?
1.
The most
important step Change password immediately. Create a strong password and do not
use your name or friends name which hacker can find from social networking
websites.
2.
If you
cannot access your account then only option is to go for password
recovery.
3.
Once you
login to your account change password reset setting and make sure hacker did not
change your recovery email address.
4.
Check if
hacker has not created any settings to forward all emails to some other
account.
5.
Scan your
computer with an Antivirus program and look for virus or spyware.
6.
Uninstall
any recently installed program from unknown source.
7.
Install a
firewall as this will not allow information to be sent to hacker.
Future Precautions -
- Don't click on any link
without reading it or without knowing source of it.
- Don't download softwares
from unknown, not popular websites.
- Don't click
on Advertisements that claims to pay you money or win
lottery.
- Do not
use your email account on public computers.
- Do not use same password for
all email accounts or on different social networking websites.
- Always scan your computer
regularly and delete browsing history and cookies.
- Do not open
picture attachments from people you don't know and
even if you know the person before opening scan all attachments.
- Don't be lazy and
change password regularly.
- Don't let
your friend or colleague use your computer administrator
account, You can ask them to use guest account.
- Keep a general record of
your emails and contact list in your mind as this will help in password
recovery.
- Install a good Antivirus and Spyware program see our post Easiest way to steal someone’s Password - Keylogger – How to protect? for more details on securing your computer.
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