Protecting Yahoo Messenger Account from Hackers

Are you using your Yahoo Messenger to attend confidential conferences? Then you are probably a target from hackers who want to break in and sniff into the conference.

There are lots of reason why a hacker would be interested in hacking your yahoo messenger account. I  could only  name a few but the bottom  line is the hacker is up to something bad.

here are is a guide line to avoid accounts being hacked.

0. Have an alternate Yahoo ID, so you wont use the same ID that you are using to attend confidential conferences.

1. Avoid using your account to public computer and networks

2. In case your using a public computer or network don't forget logout.

3. Don't be fooled by rogue website. Rogue websites are copycat of the original website tricking you to login so they can capture your user name and password. The hacker would usually send you a link thru chat or email of this rogue website so to avoid this never login if the page was opened via link instead make it as a hobbit that you open a new browser window manually and type in the yahoo URL by your self.

4. Don't be fooled by someone pretending to be an administrator and asking you to verify your account. better yet if you want to verify your account just log in to Yahoo's official website http://www.yahoo.com/

5. Never open e-mails from unknown senders.

6. Never open links from spam mails, even if it came from your friend.

7. If you receive an email from your friend that looks suspicious his account might be hacked, dont open any links inside it it might lead you to a site that would hack your yahoo account.

8. Have a strong password, but be sure not to forget it. Strong password means it is more than eight character, combined with symbols and numbers i.e. d!ff!cult2r34d


Just be smart enough not typing your user name and password into anything else but the official website of Yahoo and official Yahoo Messenger.

If you suspect that your account has been hacked, immediately change password, update and run virus and malaware scan on your computer. Ask one of your techie friends to immediately assist you if you have trouble.