URGENT HELP!!!!

[suzanne]

Someone has just logged into my daughters msn account, shes fast asleep and her lappy is OFF.

Am I being hacked...should I be worried???

Tried speaking to person but get no answer.

[Bainn]

Has she used MSN on a friends pc or public terminal?

She could have accidentally set it up to log in auto and forgotten about it?

[suzanne]

No

[Bainn]

Not being patronising, but she has not sneaked onto pc for late night chat?

[suzanne]

There isnt much on her lappy im more worried about someone getting router info

[suzanne]

No her lappy is in front of me

[Bainn]

Okay, laptop only requires to know IP address of the gateway, router, for net access, does not use any admin passwords to change settings on router, unless you have logged into remote admin on router and saved password on laptop.

[Bainn]

Forgive sporadic replies, in tournament, but will try and advise as best i can.

[thetank]

The ex did this to me once.

There are ways to hack into an msn account without knowing the password.It's not a very secure thingy-mijiggy.

Thankfully, there's not much they can do there other than read and send e-mails. From there you may have cause to worry though. E-mails may contain your daughters usernames/passwrods for other accounts.

Are you sure she hasn't logged in at a friends house (it could have been some time ago) and they've accidenataly fired it up automatically when switching on their computer.

Bainn sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

[suzanne]

No she only goes to my sisters and shes on her pc now with all her kids in bed

[suzanne]

Im not very techy and dont know what you mean Bainn

[redimp]

Jayde and jazz dont have her msn hun,they must speak to her on your addy,sorry i couldnt help.

Lets hope its just a blip in the system

[Bainn]

Thanks tank, i have my moments.

Seriously though, MSN is a bit pants security wise, normal of "holes" can be found if you google, my only concern is integrity of your home network.  Normally pc's on a private network tend to be set to allow all communication to and from all IP's on that network, for file transfer and printer sharing for example.  If her account is comprimised, and she opens MSN on her laptop and your main pc is also switched on, there is a slight chance of a "backdoor" being opened up across the network from her laptop to your pc.

Would suggest that as soon as possible she create a new MSN account and inform MSN of the problem.

My worry above is remote, as most "crackers" these days are idiots who do not know how to code their own exploits, so rest easier.

[suzanne]

I signed out of MSN and entered her details and it let me in...no "you are signed in at another location..." message.

The picture changed to her normal one when I signed in ??

[suzanne]

So providing she doesnt sign in to MSN on her lappy it should be ok?