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  2. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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    Change your password immediately. 2. Delete app passwords you don’t recognize. 3. Revert your mail settings if they were changed. 4. Ensure you have antivirus software installed and updated. 5. Check to make sure your recovery options are up-to-date. 6. Consider enabling two-step verification to add an extra layer of security to your account.

  3. Find and remove unusual activity on your AOL account

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    If you see something you don't recognize, click Sign out or Remove next to it, then immediately change your password. • Recent activity - Devices or browsers that recently signed in. • Apps connected to your account - Apps you've given permission to access your info. • Recent account changes - Shows the last 3

  4. Reset or change your password - AOL Help

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    Change your password. From a desktop or mobile web browser: Sign in to the AOL Account security page. Click Change password. Enter a new password. Click Continue. From most AOL mobile apps: Tap the Menu icon. Tap Manage Accounts. Tap Account info. Tap Security settings. Enter your security code. Tap Change password. Enter a new password.

  5. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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    Change all your passwords – Yes, it may seem like an impossible task, but it is a mandatory one. The main reason for doing this is that if one of your accounts is hacked, there’s no way to ...

  6. 7 ways to protect yourself from getting hacked - AOL

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    What hackers can do. The biggest risk associated with hacking is stolen data. If a hacker gains unauthorized access to sensitive files, he could copy those files onto his own machine and then sell ...

  7. Fix problems signing into your AOL account - AOL Help

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    To manage and recover your account if you forget your password or username, make sure you have access to the recovery phone number or alternate email address you've added to your AOL account. If you know your username but need to reset your password, make sure you create a strong password after you're back in your account.

  8. Email hacking - Wikipedia

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    Email is a very widely used communication method. If an email account is hacked, it can allow the attacker access to the personal, sensitive or confidential information in the mail storage; as well as allowing them to read new incoming and outgoing email - and to send and receive as the legitimate owner.

  9. Password cracking - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of password cracking might be to help a user recover a forgotten password (due to the fact that installing an entirely new password would involve System Administration privileges), to gain unauthorized access to a system, or to act as a preventive measure whereby system administrators check for easily crackable passwords. On a file ...