other people trying to log into my account

[Mark.a]

Hi all.

i just got an email from arbtalk saying somebody tried to log into my account

i looked up the ip address and it is in Hangzhou Zhejiang China.

im not sure if it is the email thats fake and somebodys phishing or if somebody is trying to hack arbtalk accounts for some reason.

i have run antivirus and anti malware programs and my pc is clear.

here is a copy of the email.

 

 

Dear Mark.a,

 

Someone has tried to log into your account on Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15 minutes.

 

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 115.28.40.250

 

All the best,

Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

 

i just thought you guys should be aware of it so you can keep an eye out

 

cheers

Mark

[MATTMOSS]

Whiy wood som bodi wan a do such bad fing.

[easy-lift guy]

You may have things going on behind the scenes that make your counter measures appear to be doing their job when in fact they are not. You may need a Second opinion since your email server and or computer may be compromised. My email started acting strangely last wensday and I ended up having to call in a IT company to go through and scrub down every file of both office computers. A slight expense, however the peace of mind was worth the investment.

Take care

easy-lift guy

[Stubby]

Whiy wood som bodi wan a do such bad fing.

 

You risson coocky boy ! Same fing going on orra time

[Tree Lc]

That is very strange, why would someone want to hack a forum? Sometimes your computer may be hacked even although you have run a virus program.

We have 2 virus checkers on our system at the office. Kaspersky and Webroot. Kaspersky doesn't pickup as much as webroot which seems to detect most things. It isn't expensive but worth it.

Tree LC

Horsham stump grinding

[john k]

You may have things going on behind the scenes that make your counter measures appear to be doing their job when in fact they are not. You may need a Second opinion since your email server and or computer may be compromised. My email started acting strangely last wensday and I ended up having to call in a IT company to go through and scrub down every file of both office computers. A slight expense, however the peace of mind was worth the investment.

Take care

easy-lift guy

 

 

It's nothing to do with his setup, it's someone (an automated script actually) trying to guess forum passwords so they can post spam. Just make sure you use a decent password on your arbtalk account and not something hopelessly obvious.

[Steve Bullman]

It's nothing to do with his setup, it's someone (an automated script actually) trying to guess forum passwords so they can post spam. Just make sure you use a decent password on your arbtalk account and not something hopelessly obvious.

Yep what John said.

Just be vigilant and only use strong passwords, which you should be anyway.

[Robert_S]

don't ever log out..

[MATTMOSS]

don't ever log out..

 

I don't think that stops someone logging in.

You could be logged in on one pc and log in on another.

[Mrwise306]

I had the same today! at 15:00. ip address 117.169.1.229