So I have to ask... The whole reason i came back to neopets was because, about 2 weeks ago, I got an email saying that I un/pw requested for that email address (my head-honcho email). All of them had been frozen, which was no surprise to me. The only surprise was this un request, which I never sent for. It'd been years since my last log in. A few days to a week later, I got an email stating I had been frozen on ragnarok, something which I don't even remember having ever signed up for. And then just this past week, my email address was compromised. I had log in activity from two different countries I've never been to, and both times I had emails sent from my address to my contacts containing a "woe is me I need money but look what I did here and I Dont need money any more" type of emails. The logs said that the two countries log ins were accessed by messenger authorization. Now my question, because I figured some of you may know better than I would, is if these things are connected with one another? Thanks in advance. JSYK though, I did change everything over to a new email account and changed pws to -everything- and right now it's just sitting there rotting, but no activity as of yet.
Okay you most likely have a Keylogger. Now usually I am posting this on Yahoo Answers but to get this off you need to get a free antivirus program if you do not already have one on. I had a keylogger on not too long ago. It stole $15 from my Paypal but Norton got it off and I got refunded. Anyway run a full scan on a antivirus. AVG is best free antivirus for keyloggers. Just changing your e-mail address won`t help since as soon as you log into your new e-mail they get all the information and even if you change passwords for everything. That is the only way which will work and is free. You may also have a virus so antivirus is you best bet for this to stop I think at least.
Yeah I have changed all my pws and such And I do have the paid version of Avast ultimate internet (the highest one they offer), and it's constantly running, but they don't say I have anything. Are you sure it's a keylogger? Cause nothing has been tampered with, other than the sends of the emails. And nothing since I changed everything over.
You can get it from anywhere. Maybe you just didn't realise it. Is it running a full scan because usually always running means it is running a Quick Scan? Once you answer this we can move onto the next step because I think I know if it may be a Keylogger what you are doing wrong.
Honestly when I noticed something suspicious (as far as the emails being sent), the first thing I did was run a full scan on avast, and then another full scan when that was done with malwarebytes, just in case.
I still think Keylogger since I had like the same password on all accounts too. (I do not any more) and I thought that too but I did. Keyloggers are VERY hard for an antivirus to find. Try running it in safe mode. I did and it found it while when I didn't it did not. If it finds nothing then you probably don't. Good luck. =) How To Run Safe Mode - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... -safe-mode
Sounds like a virus to me. Keep in mind that hackers can always protect their keyloggers/viruses to keep them undetectable so most anti-viruses may not find them.