HACKED: Tips on Securing Your Online Experience- YouTube

Hacking prevention: Here are those links I promised!

Spybot:
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Roboform:
http://www.roboform.com/

NoScript:
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/722

Article regarding Internet Explorer Autocomplete password vulnerability: http://www.ecommerce-blog.org/archives/internet-explorer-auto-complete-stores...

The #1 thing behind hacked accounts is carelessness.

1. Use complex passwords that combine letters, numbers, and special characters (*@#$%).

2. If you receive ANY private messages or emails that request your password, no matter how official looking they are, don't respond or click on links in them. They're likely phishing scams. YouTube will never ask for such info in a message.

3. Be very careful clicking on links that take you off site. Much of the current hacking is being done via cookie catchers and cross-site scripting on malicious sites that links are leading to.

4. Make sure your computer security is up to date (antivirus, firewalls), and use anti-spyware as well. Spybot Search and Destroy is a good spyware detection program.

5. Use a hardware firewall as well as a software firewall if you can. In general, most routers you get will have a hardware firewall built in.

6. Password management software can help in not only generating randomized and complex passwords, but it can store them and enter them as well, and even fill in forms for you. This can help prevent keyloggers. One I use is Roboform.

7. If you're using Mozilla Firefox as your browser, there's a nifty add-on you can use called NoScript. This will only allow scripts from sites you allow (there will be a S with a circle around it at the bottom of your browser, where you can toggle which URL's can use scripts). This is also a great way to block cookie catchers and cross-site scripting.

8. Always log out of your account when you are done with your session, to prevent visitors at your home from accessing your account, or worse, visitors in a public place (if you're using a public computer, i.e. school, library, etc) from accessing your account.

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[acerbicANT]

was it me or did this video get removed and reinstalled? I have it on my favorites to help others

[YtVigilantes]

Not re-uploaded. Someone flagged it to death... falsely. Probably one or more of the hackers it's intended to help people protect themselves against. I requested a review of the video by YouTube and they restored the video, as there is nothing in it that even remotely violates terms of service. YT really needs to pay more attention to what they remove when people flag videos to prevent this from happening.

[MonoXera]

What can I do if my YT account is already hacked and been suspended already?

[YtVigilantes]

Unfortunately, in most cases all you can do is open a new account and start over. Occasionally people do get lucky after posting their situation in the community help forums. You might try that.

[MonoXera]

Thanks for the reply. Do you mean Liz, the google employee will help me? I mean if I post there, will you have my "back"?

[YtVigilantes]

I'd hope she'd help you. It mostly depends on whether she's logged in and sees your post, or if one of the top contributors can flag it for her or another YouTube staff member to check. Not sure what you mean about having your back, though. I help where I can in the forums, but I have no authority there. PM the link of your post there to me, though, and I'll keep an eye on it.

[mepnomon]

that's awesome, this way no one will be able to guess that my password is franz$£kafka92

[TheOriginalRootbrian]

Very informative. I hope this gets to those new users and existing ones that are careless.

Favorited so others will see it.

Those that use linux are safer than windows users, most malware is targeted towards microsoft internet explorer and windows itself.

[kayfes]

Dumbest video ever.

[tomatiggy]

dudes can hack mine, theres nowt on it :D

[patternsinchaos]

Like mine, your ratings numbers are hacked. Any advice about this? Thanks for raising awareness and the good info.

-J

[MonoXera]

I really appreciate the quick fast response. Let me PM because I don't want to be spamming your informational video with my personal request. It looks really selfish