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just recently on yahoo messenger I was in a chat room. some guy just wrote my ip address in the lobby. I didnt file transfer with him or even instant message with hiim at all. what I would like to know is how that is possible?how did he do that without knowing anything about me?im really shocked. if anyone knows anything it would be a big help. thank you.
[Edit]: Thread moved to the ‘Yahoo Instant Messenger’ forum.
You might have clicked one of the links posted in the chatroom. E.g: Administrators can always see members’ IP addresses on forums.
i dont think he was an administrator because he wasnt that nice with me.:(anyone elses input would be appreciated. thank you
Oh, welcome to the wonderful world of Yahoo! Chat idiots, and booters. There are several progs. that scans your IP. To be honest, their probably some punk who thinks he’s god because he can download and use a program to scan IP’s, and fudge up Yahoo and blue screen you. I doubt the guy knows what ‘IP’ even means. Just sit back and laugh. Or if you are however concerned about it, look in BBB’s link directory and download a free Firewall – their always handy 😉
[Edit]: BigBlueBall does not support or encourage this kind of activities, mister BigBlueVeteran. You should’ve known this by now.
will my problem ever be fixed, will my messenger work again?can he only mess with it for a certain amount of time or what?i cant just sit back and laugh. I want to use my messenger
Huh? Nowhere I see you mention that you cannot use your messenger at the moment?
The guy is able to get your IP address; this is nothing to worry about. If you have installed a firewall or if you own a router. most people will not be able to do anything harmful with your IP address.
i already have a firewall on my computer and my messenger still doesnt work. everytime I try to connect it says not connected after a while. this has been going on for days. if anyone else knows how to fix it I would appreciate it. thank you.
What makes you absolutely sure that the displayed IP address and the fact that your Messenger is not connecting are related?
well, I guess im not sure but I didnt do anything else that night. after he got my ip I turned my computer off. the next day I tried to get on to mesenger and it doesnt work?
Get used to it; he’s probably just a script kiddie that got your IP using an IP-scan prog. The faulty messenger probably had nothing to do with it. If he wanted to do something to you, he wouldn’t have messed up only one program; try reinstalling it.
Lingo alert![/b]
Script kiddie: One who attempts to act like a hacker but only uses programs that real hackers created as tools to create alternatives for long time-taking operations.i have already uninstalled but when I try to get it again from yahoo it says theres an errror and I get redirected to an older version of the messenger. then when I try to log in it says that version isnt supported anymore
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