What are the symptoms you will come across while your email is hacked?

 Three things to do if your email account has been hacked

You will not be able to log in to your email: 

This point is quite vivid to learn. You need to go and check your email and see that the combination of your username and password is getting rejected as they do not match. You keep on trying again, as you know that you have been using the correct password, and still, you are not able to log in on your own account. This is where you know that a hacker has gotten hold of your password somehow, logged in to your account, and have changed the account's password, which logged you out from your account and now it is under their control. 

 

You may receive a message from your close ones saying "Did you send this message to me?"

Hackers do not stop after hacking your email account. They do not like to compromise and want to capture more and more email accounts on a huge scale just to spread malware from your hacked account that they just hacked. By spreading emails to a lot of people on your contact list, they can get open access to reach from hundreds and thousands of other accounts. They leave a virus affected mail with an affected attachment and try to spread it to everyone on your friend list. However, it is true that these emails do look quite unusual and very odd. They also do not at all sound like the person they are showing to be, which is why your contacts once again come to you to know if you have actually sent them the email or text message 

However, on the other side, this is your signal to not open any kind of attachments you do not find correct. Likewise, if you receive an odd email from your contact, confirm and be sure from them to make them aware of it quickly. You may be the first one to get such a message and they will know that their email is going through something unusual. 

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Slow performance of your device: 

A slow device is a sign that it has been affected by a malware. What malware does is affect a system and the resource are disrupted, therefore making your device to work very slowly, then you will see it get turned off and on suddenly, and also it also keeps on turning hot. In some situations like this, the malware gives way to keystrokes getting logged on your device. It will also hamper your phone and log off elements such as your username and password. This makes it easier for a hacker to take control of all your accounts related to that email, especially your bank details. This will make a haemorrhage in the protection that has been installed for protecting your automatically against the newest cyber threats. 

 

Wonder what to do when your email is hacked? Here are four simple steps to think of right now to gain control of your email account, delete the hacker, and protect yourself from such threats in the future.

1. Change your username and password credentials.

The first step is to get the control of your account. If the hacker has logged you out from your own account, you may need to contact your email service provider for the query. You will have to provide a set of information to prove your social identity and to gain control of your email account. 

If you do still have access to your account, make these changes as early as you can:

Get a new credential of your username and password. Use a strong password. Secure your passwords and make sure that they are made up of at least 12 characters, that have numbers, symbols and a mixture of capital or upper case and lower-case letters. Use a unique password for a different account. Password managers will be an easy and a secure way to create difficult passwords and to keep track of your login credentials.

Change the existing security questions. The hacker may have the access to your account by guessing the answers to your easy security questions. They can hack your account again if you don't change these security questions and their answers. Avoid choosing questions with answers that can easily be guessed such as "What's your mother's first name?" Click on the option of two step verification. Also called as the option of multi factor authentication, this added security will somewhat need you to put in your username and password with a temporary password to get into your account. For example, the service provider may send the one-time password or the OTP to your mobile phone every time you try to log in on your accounts. Without your phone in hand, a hacker will be less likely to get entry into your account as it has the two-step verification option turned on. Warn your list of contacts.

2. Warn your list of contacts

Tell your close ones, fellow mates, friends, and family members who were added in your email contact list that your email has got hacked. Make sure to warn them to delete any unusual messages that they received from your email account. Also tell them to not open the applications, accept or click on any links, share credit card details, or transfer money. It will be embarrassing to let your contacts know your account has been hacked, but the warning may save them from falling for the same scam.

3.Look for signs or flags that show trouble.

Hackers may make changes to allow them to get into your account again or even to continue to scam people after you've taken back control of the account. To prevent this, you should take these steps:

Check your settings. Hackers who gain access to an email account may change settings to further compromise their security. Check your email signature to make sure it doesn't contain any unfamiliar links. Look to make sure your emails aren't being auto-forwarded to someone else. And get tips from your email service provider on any other ways you can make your account more secure.

Scan for trouble. Look for signs of a computer virus on your computer, phone or tablet. These signs may include strange pop-up windows, slowness, problems shutting down or restarting, and unfamiliar applications on your device.

 This is how you can rightly troubleshoot any email hacking.

 

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