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Need some help desperately! Each time i try to log into my Yahoo messenger i get this error message. “Account has been locked due to security reasons”. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks folks.
Locking an account usually points to a deeper issue …
If you were a spammer, and got “turned in”, they would probably do that.
Likewise, being involved in (or even getting too close to) illegal or unsavory things could be a reason for locking an account.
If you’re underage and posing as an adult, that could do it too.Check their Terms of Service for things you may have done – even unknowingly.
Alternately, if someone had an axe-to-grind, they may have reported abuses due to you.
Or (not sure if Yahoo’s smart enough) several attempts to login with a wrongful password might lock the acount – just like it would on a real OS.also check out
http://www.nhyrvana.com/dos.html(maybe Yahoo IS smart after all)
Hey gamblerac …
If it DOES turn out to be someone other than you has been trying to log into your account,
take a DEEP breath and determine if there’s ANY HINT or any educated guess to your password whatsoever.(Like “Password”, or any charcters from “Lord of the Rings”, etc)
If such is the case, and you EVER get to log back in … change your password IMMEDIATELY to something/anything less “obvious”
(although, it WOULD be a feature if you yourself could remember it):p
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