Being Hacked Need Help

guys I am really new here, and I think (well I know) someone is hacking into
my MSN account, I didnt really clue in that I may be in trouble, I say this
because every time I logged into my msn personally it would say you have been
logged into another computer and then I would have to log in again, but now
today this guy has been adding crude addresses to my account and has been
changing my name! and it is becoming a nuissance, because he like takes over
my account like every 10 minutes even if I do a really complex password, I
just need some help, I am not experienced in this kind of stuff so plz
someone help me!

Miha
Mon Aug 23 04:46:47 CDT 2004

Check your computer for viruses, SpyWare, etc.

Tools that you can use are:

AdAware (www.lavasoftusa.com)
SpyBot Search And Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html)
HiJack This (http://www.hijack-this.net/)

Once you install these programs you have to update them just like any
antivirus with latest security definitions.

After you computer is clean, change your MSN password again.

Mike

"Advice Needed" <Advice Needed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E70DF21F-B27B-41A9-91F7-F5D6426D2331@microsoft.com...
> guys I am really new here, and I think (well I know) someone is hacking
into
> my MSN account, I didnt really clue in that I may be in trouble, I say
this
> because every time I logged into my msn personally it would say you have
been
> logged into another computer and then I would have to log in again, but
now
> today this guy has been adding crude addresses to my account and has been
> changing my name! and it is becoming a nuissance, because he like takes
over
> my account like every 10 minutes even if I do a really complex password, I
> just need some help, I am not experienced in this kind of stuff so plz
> someone help me!

Karl
Mon Aug 23 06:19:02 CDT 2004

I would make sure you have anti-virus software running that has the latest
updates for this week installed [ www.grisoft.com is free anti-virus], have
a firewall [ www.kerio.com, www.sygate.com and www.zonealarm.com are all
free], have the latest version of the MSN software installed, all Microsoft
patches from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, and really seriously
consider creating a new MSN account.

You might also want to consider these steps:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#hacked


"Advice Needed" <Advice Needed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E70DF21F-B27B-41A9-91F7-F5D6426D2331@microsoft.com...
> guys I am really new here, and I think (well I know) someone is hacking
into
> my MSN account, I didnt really clue in that I may be in trouble, I say
this
> because every time I logged into my msn personally it would say you have
been
> logged into another computer and then I would have to log in again, but
now
> today this guy has been adding crude addresses to my account and has been
> changing my name! and it is becoming a nuissance, because he like takes
over
> my account like every 10 minutes even if I do a really complex password, I
> just need some help, I am not experienced in this kind of stuff so plz
> someone help me!

anonymous
Mon Aug 23 15:17:11 CDT 2004

In addition to what Karl Levinson and Miha Pihler posted,
I would also suggest you run a scan for keyloggers.
Keyloggers record your keystrokes so when you change your
password, the "hacker" will always know what you changed
it to since he/she can see what you are typing.

>-----Original Message-----
>guys I am really new here, and I think (well I know)
someone is hacking into
>my MSN account, I didnt really clue in that I may be in
trouble, I say this
>because every time I logged into my msn personally it
would say you have been
>logged into another computer and then I would have to log
in again, but now
>today this guy has been adding crude addresses to my
account and has been
>changing my name! and it is becoming a nuissance, because
he like takes over
>my account like every 10 minutes even if I do a really
complex password, I
>just need some help, I am not experienced in this kind of
stuff so plz
>someone help me!
>.
>

Thanks
Mon Aug 23 17:27:02 CDT 2004

how do I check for keyloggers?? is there any free software I can download to
check for this keylogger?? I thank you for your help

"anonymous" wrote:

> In addition to what Karl Levinson and Miha Pihler posted,
> I would also suggest you run a scan for keyloggers.
> Keyloggers record your keystrokes so when you change your
> password, the "hacker" will always know what you changed
> it to since he/she can see what you are typing.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >guys I am really new here, and I think (well I know)
> someone is hacking into
> >my MSN account, I didnt really clue in that I may be in
> trouble, I say this
> >because every time I logged into my msn personally it
> would say you have been
> >logged into another computer and then I would have to log
> in again, but now
> >today this guy has been adding crude addresses to my
> account and has been
> >changing my name! and it is becoming a nuissance, because
> he like takes over
> >my account like every 10 minutes even if I do a really
> complex password, I
> >just need some help, I am not experienced in this kind of
> stuff so plz
> >someone help me!
> >.
> >
>

anonymous
Mon Aug 23 20:27:50 CDT 2004

>-----Original Message-----
>how do I check for keyloggers?? is there any free
>software I can download to check for this keylogger?? I
>thank you for your help

If you have a keylogger, the "hacker" may have put it
there via a Trojan. Have you done the antivirus AND
spyware scans?

For keyloggers:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/1,aid,116573,pg,7,00.as
p

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,114738,pg,3,00
.asp