Posts tagged "passwords"

Q&A: Macbook has passwords on both administrator and user accounts. What shall i do?

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Hi there, I have a white macbook 13 inch and really could use some expert advice. The macbook has passwords on both administrator and user accounts and I can’t get past the home screen. To resolve this I brought a brand new mac os x panther box set etc. This did nothing. Please please help me as I brought this mac book for around £200 and feel that I have wasted a great deal of money.

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Answer by f00thePirate
call the person you bought it from and ask for the password?

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hello, my craiglist account passwords were stolen ie. pharming scammed.. any remedies?

by David Jackmanson

Question by Big Lance!: hello, my craiglist account passwords were stolen ie. pharming scammed.. any remedies?
I have used craigslist too post up properties for rent and too buy n sell stuff etc.. recently alot of people have fallen victim of a scam method called pharming where the idiots scammers steal your craigslist account passwords/user id and sell them too spammers. they sell the active accounts too idiots that perpetrate fraud etc.. now, i tried too open new accounts and ea time that i tried too log in my accounts i ended up with stolen passwords and still do. in fact i cannot open accounts at all and have too via a separate computer. so, this is a pain in the a%% right now and i use this site frequently too rent out properties as i have been successful meeting very solid good people on this site etc.. i would like too continue using this site but i cannot i assume under my current IP address or however the scammers track me etc.. if this was a cell phone problem i would just change the number, but this is an online identity problem and ive been hijacked! so how do i remedy this situation? i have cricket wireless broadband right now and ive called them and they dont give a damn and blow me off. ive also emailed craiglist.org and theyve spammed me the same response 34 times now. their standard response is that they are workin on it. THIS STARTED 4 WEEKS AGO! I ask them repeatedly on how too establish a new account with craigslist and they say nothing but respond with spam spelling out the various forms of fraud etc.. I have been recieving mail from my bank stating that i was turned down for a mutual fund acct when ive never applied for one! ive recieved credit card bills and they arent my credit cards etc… my identity and all has been compromised and this is an issue that i have too report too the police tommorrow ie. fraud/identity theft. i checked my windows defender scan history and it uncovered a mbamswiss file thats sketchy and that ive found too be some intrusive spyware etc.. but somehow the file was cleared and entered my system. ive got a can of worms here im like a ship taking on water and sinking as my online identity and personal identity has been compromised. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY WIRELESS ACCOUNT? should i have cricket close it down? they offer no advice! i only use avast and malwarebytes antimalware? they are good but im assuming i need anti spyware?

any advice? sorry so long! but this is a lenghty issue, thanks for reading!
I have vista if that makes any difference guys, thanks
I have vista if that makes any difference guys, thanks
I have malwarebytes antilmalware avast and vista windows. my windows user controls started blocking programs fr opening when i log on etc… how do i get a new account?

Best answer:

Answer by Tony
are you still using outdated xp?>try
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/?mkt=en-us

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Is there a way to password protect your browser? I dont want repair shop to be able to access saved passwords?

by Ars Electronica

Question by : Is there a way to password protect your browser? I dont want repair shop to be able to access saved passwords?
My computer needs a non-critical repair and I’m getting ready to take it in. I don’t want to have to delete all my saved passwords in my browser. But since some of those are for credit cards and banking, I sure don’t want a technician to be able to access them. Is there a way to keep someone from being able to open your browser without having a password?

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Answer by Tofus
Export your bookmarks and cookies to an external USB pen, then run cc-cleaner and clean out everything, when you get it back, just import them back in

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Q&A: can an isp see our e-mails , our passwords , credit cards numbers and banking activities?please advise.thanks?

by jajacks62

Question by Ashura: can an isp see our e-mails , our passwords , credit cards numbers and banking activities?please advise.thanks?

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Answer by djboy15
yes, they can. my dad works at att and he can get into the company database. they aren’t allowed to do anything with it tho.

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