--- In [email protected], "LNVTM1" <lnv...@...> wrote: > > I do not use Yahoo Mail or Flickr very often BUT I have tested the Yahoo > Messenger sign-out thing. I had signed myself into my main Yahoo ID on one > computer. Then I went to a second computer and signed into YM with the same > ID and when I did, it allowed me to and simultaneously, signed me out of YM > on the first computer. I was able to do the same on a third computer. I > don't think this should happen like this but it seems to be the way YM is > set up so, I guess so that if you accidentally leave yourself signed on at > work or home and you are away from that computer, you can still sign in on > what ever computer you happen to be using. Of course, this also means that > there is a chance that someone else is signing into your YM account on > another computer. > > I know that YM is tied to other Yahoo website services but I regularly will > be signed into YM on one ID and then be signed into various other Yahoo > websites under other Yahoo ID's. There is a setting in YM where if you > click a link from within YM, it will sign you into that Yahoo service, for > example, if you check your mail from a prompt in YM, it opens a web page to > Yahoo Mail under that Yahoo ID. This is about the only time that I can be > signed into a Yahoo Group under one ID and then still check my Yahoo Mail > from YM under that ID, a different one. I just so happened to have a new > piece of mail in the Yahoo Mail account that I rarely use with the same ID > as YM so I am checking it now and instead of closing the window when done, I > will sign out and see if that simultaneously signs me out of YM at the same > time. I'll BARB. LOL > > OK.. after checking the mail account, the usual spam that made it into the > inbox, I signed out of that Yahoo ID, the same one that I use for YM and it > signed me out on the web page but did not sign me out of YM. > > Considering this, I would be suspect that someone is using your Yahoo ID on > another computer. You could change your password to see if this halts the > problem. Is there a chance that you one day signed into YM on another > computer and it was set up to "Remember Me", so that someone else who opens > YM on that computer could click sign-in and actually sign into your YM > account while they wouldn't know your password as it will only show up as > bullets (dots) in the password field? Just a thought. Changing your > password would solve that problem. > > Lenny Vasbinder > http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com > FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and > files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it > can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most > important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your > computer. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Waco Hale > Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 2:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Y!M] Signed in on another device? > > Earlier today I had my messenger on, (version 9.0.0.2112), i was in yahoo > email at the time, and i got an onscreen prompt saying i had been signed out > due to my having signed in on another machine/device. I had been working in > firefox with three or four open tabs back and forth and i at first thought i > had accidentally signed out of email on one of the tabs, and when i tried > to access another folder in my email i got the yahoo prompt requesting my > password, it had my yahoo sign in seal so i know it was from yahoo. > > When i minimized my browser a few minutes later i saw the little prompt > again , looked at my messenger and it had been signed out. I am the only > person who knows my password, and while i did sign n and out of yahoo mail > and flickr i never signed out of messenger. > > Has anyone else been signed out in this manner, or is it possible someone > has managed to obtain my yahoo password using some kind of password hack > device? I'm very aware of phishing scams and I have never even come close > to acessing any of those type messages. > > I do know someone however who might have access to some kind of > sophisticated software and might have cracked my password although it is > fairly strong. > > Is there any way of telling if this was a false signout or if someone on > another device actually did access my messenger? And if that was done what > are my options in terms of pursuing or prosecuting this person? > Well I finally managed to stumble upon the answer to my dilemma and as you might suspect it is another classic example of yahoo fixing something that isnt broken, and not realizing that new and improved are not synonyms.
I recently bought a new Dell Inspiron 530 and when i downloaded Yahoo messenger I guess I got the "latest and greatest" version, which signs me in to "yahoo chat" when i sign into my yahoo email. No messenger prompt appears anywhere and I had no idea it was doing it, so I am not sure if yahoo chat and yahoo messenger are the same and I really don't care. but if I am signed into yahoo messenger as i used to do, and i sign out of and back into yahoo email, sometimes, not always but sometimes it signs me out of yahoo messenger saying I have signed into messenger on another device when I really haven't. Just wanted to let everyone know in case they are having the same problem, and if that old version download site is still up and running, I'm going to dump this garbage and download an older version. Waco
