Strange email

Danger Mouse · January 1st, 2008, 04:10 PM

I just got an email from defensivecarry.com saying my account has been locked because someone tried to use bad passwords. What can I do to prevent this, and what happens other than they can post on my account if they do get into my account?
Thanks

P95Carry · January 1st, 2008, 04:24 PM

What is DD.com???

Usually a lock is added to some logins if more than three attempts fail - but time limited - and anyways if a site is secure enough only your password should work.

Danger Mouse · January 1st, 2008, 04:31 PM

Sorry, the DD was supposed to be DC, defensivecarry, this forum.

P95Carry · January 1st, 2008, 04:33 PM

Ahh - did wonder

Well you are still posting and logged on so - probably this is something for Bumper to comment on.

Bumper · January 1st, 2008, 05:16 PM

The only time I have heard of that happening is in the scenario that Chris explained. If you type in the wrong password more than twice it will lock your account for 15 minutes since it assumes that it is someone trying to hack your account. It emails you a notification so you are aware of it. We have never had any accounts hacked here and seriously doubt if it will happen as long as it's not someone that knows your password or is able to guess it. Even I do not have the ability to know what your password is. So long as you keep your password reasonably complex. Use no whole words, rather a combination of at least 8 letters and numbers, with possibly an upper case thrown in to make it even harder.

goawayfarm · January 1st, 2008, 05:31 PM

could it be his alias?

USER NAME

Danger Mouse · January 1st, 2008, 05:43 PM

I found out it is the alias "User Name"
I changed the password to one more complex so I should be ok. What i think happened is someone forgot to enter their user name and typed in thier password. User Name is the default name so the computer must think its me. Kinda thought it would had been fun when I joined.

January 1st, 2008, 04:10 PM	#1
Danger Mouse Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cumberland, VA Posts: 359	Strange email I just got an email from defensivecarry.com saying my account has been locked because someone tried to use bad passwords. What can I do to prevent this, and what happens other than they can post on my account if they do get into my account? Thanks __________________ Think twice Buy once!

January 1st, 2008, 04:24 PM	#2
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,341	What is DD.com??? Usually a lock is added to some logins if more than three attempts fail - but time limited - and anyways if a site is secure enough only your password should work. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

January 1st, 2008, 04:31 PM	#3
Danger Mouse Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cumberland, VA Posts: 359	Sorry, the DD was supposed to be DC, defensivecarry, this forum. __________________ Think twice Buy once!

January 1st, 2008, 04:33 PM	#4
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,341	Ahh - did wonder Well you are still posting and logged on so - probably this is something for Bumper to comment on. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

January 1st, 2008, 05:16 PM	#5
Bumper Administrator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 13,323	The only time I have heard of that happening is in the scenario that Chris explained. If you type in the wrong password more than twice it will lock your account for 15 minutes since it assumes that it is someone trying to hack your account. It emails you a notification so you are aware of it. We have never had any accounts hacked here and seriously doubt if it will happen as long as it's not someone that knows your password or is able to guess it. Even I do not have the ability to know what your password is. So long as you keep your password reasonably complex. Use no whole words, rather a combination of at least 8 letters and numbers, with possibly an upper case thrown in to make it even harder. __________________ Bumper Administrator DefensiveCarry.com Forum Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde; Beware the anger of a patient man.

January 1st, 2008, 05:31 PM	#6
goawayfarm Distinguished Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fork Union, Virginia Posts: 1,929	could it be his alias? *USER NAME* __________________ Quemadmoeum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. "If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. If I have a gun, what do I have to be paranoid about?" -Clint Smith "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -Jeff Cooper

January 1st, 2008, 05:43 PM	#7
Danger Mouse Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cumberland, VA Posts: 359	I found out it is the alias "User Name" I changed the password to one more complex so I should be ok. What i think happened is someone forgot to enter their user name and typed in thier password. User Name is the default name so the computer must think its me. Kinda thought it would had been fun when I joined. __________________ Think twice Buy once!

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