Getting Hacked - How?
Hello Basilers,
Help me solve this mystery... last night I bought a 26 atk Stormcaster glove for 750m.
I went to sleep with my shop open, and I find out the next morning that my computer just shut off.
I turned back my computer on, and log into maplestory, but the PIC has been changed.
I check my e-mail to see if they changed the PIC, but they didn't... so I rechanged my PIC.
Oh and one more thing to add, I lost the Stormcaster gloves. Like... WTF!
I didn't lose anything else, but thank god that was the only thing lost.
Help me solve this mystery basil
April 5, 2012
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I seriously don't know what to think anymore. It could be a teamviewer because my computer did shut off.
[quote=zword70]i'd dont think its a keylogger actually. Keylogs works by keystrokes and clicks of the mouse commanded to the computer, it doest not detect where or what the mousse clicks. I'd think it's a backdoor program, something that allows the hacker to see your computer, such as teamviewer. Did you download any programs recently?[/quote]
That's why the pic was change. Apparently the hacker needed Email info/pass to email. Then they have access to everything. If they had that viewing thing why bother changing the pic to get in, to much work imo. If he logged on his email within the time frame of the keylogger which we don't know when it could of attached on his comp, then the hacker has full information of everything.
i'd dont think its a keylogger actually. Keylogs works by keystrokes and clicks of the mouse commanded to the computer, it doest not detect where or what the mousse clicks. I'd think it's a backdoor program, something that allows the hacker to see your computer, such as teamviewer. Did you download any programs recently?
I don't think so because my account got affected.
@Tukara: Glad to help! I was keylogged before ugh tried everything, I even knew the location of the keylog and it kept coming back everytime i deleted it, so i couldn't take it and wiped out my entire laptop then i re installed windows on it. Turned out fine now lol. Technology is crazy a simple seemingly harmless download could ruin your life, only reason why keyloggers don't hack you straight away is cuz they give you some time to make it seem it's safe or they could be busy hacking the other hundreds of maplers. I'm just glad i didn't get my bank acc stolen or credit cards lol
The SCG had potential, so no... I spent 10k nx to cube it
[quote=AznBubblePop]@Tukara: I'm not to big on virus scans, because most of them remove it but they come right back after a few mins. What i did when i had a keylog what i did was umm wipe out my entire computer, then re-install it, but you're going to need your system cd like wins 7, xp, vista. The trial will be fine to.
If it's a simple keylogger then you could Ctrl+Alt+Del. Then go to Wins Task Manager, look for Winlogon.exe. If you have 2 of those then 1 of them is the keylogger. That is if the keylog program is simple and most likely could be removed easily with ummm mal ware bytes, a free virus scanner and remover. If it doesn't show 2 Winlogon then it's probably a really complex keylogger that can be hidden from virus scans.
Or you can use the virtual keyboard for every time you type something secure lol.[/quote]
Wow thank you so much! I'll try all these things. I would hate to wipe out my computer because my dad would be so furious. I hope it's a simple keylogger, but then again you said that there were keyloggers that can hide for days, months, or years... Jesus Christ TECHNOLOGY WTF.
@Tukara: I'm not to big on virus scans, because most of them remove it but they come right back after a few mins. What i did when i had a keylog what i did was umm wipe out my entire computer, then re-install it, but you're going to need your system cd like wins 7, xp, vista. The trial will be fine to.
If it's a simple keylogger then you could Ctrl+Alt+Del. Then go to Wins Task Manager, look for Winlogon.exe. If you have 2 of those then 1 of them is the keylogger. That is if the keylog program is simple and most likely could be removed easily with ummm mal ware bytes, a free virus scanner and remover. If it doesn't show 2 Winlogon then it's probably a really complex keylogger that can be hidden from virus scans.
Or you can use the virtual keyboard for every time you type something secure lol.
You mispriced it.
[quote=Tukara]How can you prevent this from happening? Is there a virus scanner or something because I only have one computer that I use for maple...[/quote]
Malware bytes.
[quote=FierceRyu]Can you still log on your account even with the "changed PIC"?[/quote]
Yes I can.
[quote=FierceRyu]You said your PIC has been changed, then you checked your e-mail that there wasn't. Then, how did you rechange your PIC when you don't know what the "changed PIC" was?[/quote]
The hacker/keylogger could've changed it, deleted the e-mail changing it, and bing bang boom. And what's reinstalling your OS?
[quote=AznBubblePop]Yeah.. Sorry for the loss, best thing to do now is get on another comp and change every info you have; email, ms, everything. Be careful of what you download btw. It doesn't necessarily mean you downloaded something yesterday or this week, a keylogger can remain hidden forever and strike when least expected so you can't say you downloaded a keylogger or not because your don't really know if you did 1 year ago or few months ago, can't really remember every single download
Either keylogger or someone you know who has full access hacked it are the only possible choices[/quote]
How can you prevent this from happening? Is there a virus scanner or something because I only have one computer that I use for maple...
they prob just brute force into your email and changed your pic
if you use gmail, check the log in history thingy
better change your pass, pic, email password, secret question on both your ms acc and your email.
Yeah.. Sorry for the loss, best thing to do now is get on another comp and change every info you have; email, ms, everything. Be careful of what you download btw. It doesn't necessarily mean you downloaded something yesterday or this week, a keylogger can remain hidden forever and strike when least expected so you can't say you downloaded a keylogger or not because your don't really know if you did 1 year ago or few months ago, can't really remember every single download
Either keylogger or someone you know who has full access hacked it are the only possible choices
It's also kind of weird how they only stole the stormcaster. I also have 8% luk cape, 12% luk overall, VIP wand and other goodies that are pricey...
Yea the email got deleted. Most likely they keylogged you. Change all your passwords from a different comp.
No, that can't be... because I rechanged it this morning.
Edit: I feel so stupid... you're probably right... GOD FREAKING DANG IT.
Most likely a keylogger, they could of deleted the email that change your pic btw.
Does anyone know?
I didn't even have it up availiable in my shop, and when I logged on, I was in different places then where I was originally.
[quote=iTuneD]probs forgot to check his mesos LOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOOL[/quote]
I only have 65mil in my inventory... so no. I didn't sell it.
Yeah, but the thing that I don't get is how did they change my PIC without using my e-mail?
And @Matthew999, I didn't sell my SCG. I don't see in my inventory: 1bil+ mesos
It just pisses me off that all that work I spent into finding a cheap SCG, is basically gone, and I have to start over again.
Cant do that^. Its probably a keylogg that got into your Teamviewe or something...And shutoff maple and blah blah