What Does It Mean When MSN Says...

[Being_the_Don]

What does it mean when MSN Instant Messenger says "You have been signed out of Windows Messenger because you signed in at another location" when you know that you haven't done anything of the sort? It happened to me twice today, one right after the other. The first time it happened I immediately signed myself back in. About 30 seconds later I received the above message again and had to log myself back into Windows messenger a second time. The same thing happened to me almost two weeks ago. What's up with that? Spyhack? Spybot doesn't show anything neither does McAfee. I wonder if someone has hacked my online password and ID.

 

[Daddy The Pimp]

It could have been possible .

Have you opened your e-mail in a lot of computers ?
Some computers might have KEY LOGGER that record each word you type there .

I think someone hacked your e-mail . So , change your password , your secret question .

 

[Smack]

What does it mean when MSN Instant Messenger says "You have been signed out of Windows Messenger because you signed in at another location" when you know that you haven't done anything of the sort? It happened to me twice today, one right after the other. The first time it happened I immediately signed myself back in. About 30 seconds later I received the above message again and had to log myself back into Windows messenger a second time. The same thing happened to me almost two weeks ago. What's up with that? Spyhack? Spybot doesn't show anything neither does McAfee. I wonder if someone has hacked my online password and ID.

It means your account has been signed in at another location. Probably someone hacked your account or knows your password.

 

[KontrollerX]

Could be hacking like others have said or most likely it is just one of many MSN messenger bugs.

If you have an Xbox 360 and Xbox Live though perhaps you are signed in on messenger through that and don't know it.

People who have Xbox 360 and Xbox Live can sign in to messenger by pressing the Y button when everything is turned on.

 

[MacAvoy]

I think this is the typical SS over reaction response. Realistically if someone hacked your account, they would likely change your pw on you. Everytime I've known someone to get their account hacked, the pw was changed so they couldn't access it.

What I think likely happened though is you clicked the remember my pw on another computer and when someone turned that computer on, it signed you in. All you need to do is change your pw and when that other computer tries to automatically sign you in, it won't be able to because the pw doesn't match anymore.

 

[SmoothTalker]

Log in right now and change your password to something secure, for example 10 character random combination of letters (small and upper case) and numbers. Write it down so you don't forget.

If it stops happening, somebody had broken into your account. Otherwise, its a glitch or as someone else said, you could be logging in somewhere you're not thinking of.

 

[Being_the_Don]

Thanks to everyone. I had a suspicion that someone has hacked my computer. This is the only computer I use for Windows Messenger. A couple of weeks ago I was getting some hokey offline messages from a friend of mine with a link in it. I clicked the link but it only took me to advertising sites. I emailed my friend asking about it and was told that I she hadn't sent me anything. The same thing happened again a couple of days later on Yahoo IM (with a different buddy) and again on Windows Messenger again with the person from whom the first Windows Messenger offline was allegedly sent. When that time, I clicked a link which was to MSN photos or something like that, but the new window that I was directed to said that I was signed out of MSN because I had logged in at another location. I was told I had to sign in again. I didn't think much of it at that moment so I just signed in. And it was after THAT that I started having the current problem of MSN saying I signed in at another location.

Now I guess it means I need to contact all of my friends to tell them about a posssible keyboard hacker. :cuss: My suspicion is that one of my friends wa ssurfing, picked up a virus then passed it on. But why hasn't my anti spy ware and anti virus software detected anything?

Also, this might sound kinda silly but I don't know how to change my Windows Messenger password.

 

[Being_the_Don]

Well I changed my password, I hope that solves the problem.

 

[War Against Betaism]

I doubt anyone hacked your computer. I usually get those things and it's as what MacAvoy has said, if you have two computers you're probably still logged in your other computer. Even if you have one computer it still pops up for me, I believe it is just a small glitch.

 

[MacAvoy]

I'd bet dollars to donuts that someone didn't hack your computer. There is also MSN messenger and windows messenger. On your computer and if one signs in, it can boot you out of the other.

 

[Being_the_Don]

I'd bet dollars to donuts that someone didn't hack your computer. There is also MSN messenger and windows messenger. On your computer and if one signs in, it can boot you out of the other.

When I turn on my computer I get logged into Windows Messenger-at least that's what I'm seeing now. TBH I never really paid much attention to the difference between MSN messenger and Windows messenger. But I do have yahoo instant Messenger, too, although I don't use it as often. I'd like to think it's just a glitch but I can't take chances either so that's why I changed the password. Lately yahoo logs me out when I'm checking my email, I then have to type my password in again. None of this happened to me before a couple of weeks ago. What with all the phishing scams and identity theft so rampant I'd rather be safe than sorry.