GetNetWise » password http://www.getnetwise.org/blog GetNetWise.org Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:50:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Seen a friend’s email hijacked? Don’t let it happen to you. http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/2010/11/23/seen-a-friends-email-hijacked-dont-let-it-happen-to-you/ http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/2010/11/23/seen-a-friends-email-hijacked-dont-let-it-happen-to-you/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:31:50 +0000 GetNetWise http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/?p=109 Spammers and identity thieves have committed a rash of email hijacks lately. Maybe you’ve seen a friend’s email account hacked, sending out unwanted spam. These new email account hijacks are a disturbing twist on an old hack. In most cases users’ email accounts are taken over and used to send out spam. In a new twist identity thieves are using the email accounts to steal passwords and your identity and access online accounts such as Amazon, banks, etc. Often these ID thefts result in the deletion of your email account. Don’t let this happen to you.

K.C. Budd wrote a great set of tips about preventing email account hijacking and posted it on his Facebook page. Don’t be a victim.

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Here are the text instructions:

  • 1. Pull down the Apple Icon in the top left corner of the screen.
  • 2. Select the System Preferences menu item.
  • 3. After the window opens, select the Security button.
  • 4. Check the box next to Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screensaver.
  • 5. Next, below the heading For all accounts on this computer: check the box next to Disable automatic login.
  • 6. Also, for good measure, check the box next to Require password to unlock each secure system preference.
  • 7. Don’t forget to lock the padlock to prevent changes.
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