Swimmer
June 27th, 2010, 06:12
Defend Your Email Account!
Defend
Your
Email
Account
Only the registered members can see the link.
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I have read that many people in the toplists have had there email account passwords changed/stolen, this is to assist them with recvory and to furthermore prevent such occurances.
Before Anyone says this is in the wrong section, this is not for the tutorial sections I was hoping it could be stickied in news and announcements in light of all of these victims that have been hacked.
Exsisting Accounts:
STEP 1
Visit Only the registered members can see the link.[/B]
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STEP 2
Only the registered members can see the link.
Click the Sign in button for the appropriate account you are trying to recover
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STEP 3
Only the registered members can see the link.
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Click the forgot your password? Link underneath the Password box
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STEP 4
Only the registered members can see the link.
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After making sure that the Windows live Id automaticly filled in for you is correct, type the Letters in the confomation code picture you see above the charectres box then hit continoue.
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STEP 5
Only the registered members can see the link.
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You will Now be redirected to a new page that you aill give you the option to which email adress you want the instructions to reset your password to,select Alternate email as using the same email adress will accomplish nothing but to let your hacker know that you are in the process of recovering your account and give him time to counter this. After selecting Alternate email hit Continue.
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STEP 6
Only the registered members can see the link.
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A new page will open and will tell you that your instructions to reset your password have been sent to your alternate email, hit ok.
Step7. Sign into your Alternate Email account
Step 8. Look for the message from the Windows Live team and open it
Step 9. Follow the instructions within the email
Step 10. NEVER tell anyone your password or use important passwords on unsecure sites
Tips/Hints: Make your password something hard, e.g containg atleast 6 charecters and 3 letters.... so Password123 or Thisismypassword323
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Thank you for reading my tutorial I hope this Helps,
Swimmer
Defend
Your
Account
Only the registered members can see the link.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have read that many people in the toplists have had there email account passwords changed/stolen, this is to assist them with recvory and to furthermore prevent such occurances.
Before Anyone says this is in the wrong section, this is not for the tutorial sections I was hoping it could be stickied in news and announcements in light of all of these victims that have been hacked.
Exsisting Accounts:
STEP 1
Visit Only the registered members can see the link.[/B]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STEP 2
Only the registered members can see the link.
Click the Sign in button for the appropriate account you are trying to recover
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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STEP 3
Only the registered members can see the link.
^^^^^^^^
Click the forgot your password? Link underneath the Password box
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STEP 4
Only the registered members can see the link.
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After making sure that the Windows live Id automaticly filled in for you is correct, type the Letters in the confomation code picture you see above the charectres box then hit continoue.
************************************************** ***************
STEP 5
Only the registered members can see the link.
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You will Now be redirected to a new page that you aill give you the option to which email adress you want the instructions to reset your password to,select Alternate email as using the same email adress will accomplish nothing but to let your hacker know that you are in the process of recovering your account and give him time to counter this. After selecting Alternate email hit Continue.
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************************************************** ********************
STEP 6
Only the registered members can see the link.
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A new page will open and will tell you that your instructions to reset your password have been sent to your alternate email, hit ok.
Step7. Sign into your Alternate Email account
Step 8. Look for the message from the Windows Live team and open it
Step 9. Follow the instructions within the email
Step 10. NEVER tell anyone your password or use important passwords on unsecure sites
Tips/Hints: Make your password something hard, e.g containg atleast 6 charecters and 3 letters.... so Password123 or Thisismypassword323
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Thank you for reading my tutorial I hope this Helps,
Swimmer