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  1. 06-04-2007 10:53 AM #1
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    Password Changes?????

    In two minutes at 10:43 I got 5 e-mails wanting to set my password to a temporary one. Something going on at SysOpt?
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  2. 06-04-2007 11:26 AM #2
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    Phishing scheme? I haven't seen anything like that here. I am getting emails again though.
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  3. 06-04-2007 11:32 AM #3
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    Any emails from any website that ask for password changes should ALWAYS be ignored.
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  4. 06-04-2007 11:35 AM #4
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    The e-mail came from Sysopt and my password was set to a temporary one 5 times.
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  5. 06-04-2007 12:52 PM #5
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    Did you try logging in with the new passwords?

    It still sounds like a phishing scheme to me.
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  6. 06-04-2007 01:49 PM #6
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    Did you change your email address in the UserCP?
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  7. 06-04-2007 02:14 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sterling_Aug
    Did you try logging in with the new passwords?

    It still sounds like a phishing scheme to me.
    I had to log in with the new temp password, it was the only way i could log back in. The old password would not work. Also I was already logged into Sysopt when it happened.
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    Did you change your email address in the UserCP?
    No, still using my old e-mail address.
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    It is like someone was was trying to use my login and clicked "Forgot Password".
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  8. 06-04-2007 02:34 PM #8
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    By any chance have Sysopt set as a favorite on someone eles's pc or a pc you recent sold??
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  9. 06-04-2007 02:45 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve R Jones
    By any chance have Sysopt set as a favorite on someone else's pc or a pc you recent sold??
    Nope.....I guess it was someone playing around or mistaken. But I just wanted to make note of it here in the forums in case it was happening to anyone else.
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  10. 06-04-2007 04:19 PM #10
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    I reported it...Not sure what can be done....Guessing you've been in and set a new unique password to make certain no one else can get into your profile.
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  11. 06-04-2007 04:36 PM #11
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  12. 06-05-2007 11:10 AM #12
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    This is nothing to worry about. The way this forum is setup, anyone can request a password reset for any user whose username they know, however passwords are not reset until the link in the email is clicked, and that email will only go to the email in the user's account, meaning no one else can click it but you. If you don't click it, nothing changes so I would just ignore them. It could even be a bot crawling the site
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