♥ Avoid Getting Hacked! ♥ update: SEPT 18 2009

[XSoulsharkX]

good to know for sure!

[PinkGirl02]

that sucks

[kage-ookami4]

PinkGirl02

that sucks

http://i18.tinypic.com/5xt12xi.gif what sucks, care to be more specific?

[The heart of reality]

I wish to warn the readers of the thread, that OctoberTheSouless is a scammer. They have tried unsucsessfully to scam me.

[DayDreamerr]

You may wanna add this ,
I got hacked when I logged in at a internet cafe , I guess someone got on the computer after me and my password was saved on that computer so they took all my stuff.http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9283/dd6ad.png

[kage-ookami4]

DayDreamerr

You may wanna add this ,
I got hacked when I logged in at a internet cafe , I guess someone got on the computer after me and my password was saved on that computer so they took all my stuff.http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9283/dd6ad.png

http://i18.tinypic.com/5xt12xi.gif that's why you should always clear your cache and cookies before you get up. make sure to click "logout" as well. i try to avoid using public computers whenever i can because there is no way of knowing that they're safe. unlike at home, most public computers don't allow regular users to run virus scans.

this article may interest you: Danger, danger: 5 tips for using a public PC By Kim Komando

[x Artificial Sweetner x]

WOW! i had no idea i had so much to watch out for, this is crazy! i'm glad i saw this before it was too late though. i have no idea how gaia works.

they should tell us about this in the stupid tour. i think knowing how to identify staff and that they don't need your pass is more important than being made to buy some stupid shirt.

[Kale Demos]

Nice advice! I'll do some- oops... *Walks away quietly*

[Kitty-shimmer]

Thx so much now i won't get hacked a 2 time!

[mahjee]

3nodding

[kage-ookami4]

http://i18.tinypic.com/5xt12xi.gif second update for the day:
screen shot of the ripway cookie grabber has been added to the scam examples.

always check where a link goes BEFORE CLICKING it. you can do this by mousing over it and looking in the status bar and by right clicking the link and going to properties. this scam was sent to me as contest for commenting on someone's profile. don't fall for it!

[Wtf Its Jakey]

i hate getting hacked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sugar_sweet100]

wow, this is actually a really smart idea so new people to gaia can figure out who's who =D
and it's not even new people any more, it's sorta hard to figure out whats fake and whats not (like the gaia homepage fake logins)

oh yesh, by the way WOOT durem!!!! <3

oh cool XD you can try to sign up for an MOD position. O_o Where?

[kage-ookami4]

sugar_sweet100

wow, this is actually a really smart idea so new people to gaia can figure out who's who =D
and it's not even new people any more, it's sorta hard to figure out whats fake and whats not (like the gaia homepage fake logins)

oh yesh, by the way WOOT durem!!!! <3

oh cool XD you can try to sign up for an MOD position. O_o Where?

http://i18.tinypic.com/5xt12xi.gif Public Moderator Application: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30631407
there is an FAQ sticky in the Q&A forum if you want to know more about it (it turned into a chat thread but there's still some info in there).

[Sirius R Wolff]

I hate when people ask me for my password,