3 Ways to Check if Your Gmail Account Has Been Hacked
Gmail is one of the most popular and most widely used free email clients available.
But is also frequently targeted by hackers. Much of the time, users might not even realize that their Gmail account has been hacked.
There are some actions which a hacker
can take that will allow him/her to be able to read your email without
logging into your Gmail account.
These include using Gmail for mobile,
the IMAP feature, email forwarding, and so on. While Gmail’s “last
account activity” feature can be helpful, there are also other methods of looking into the safety of your Gmail account and keeping it protected.
In today’s post, we will look at some of the easiest ways to find out if your Gmail account has been hacked or compromised. These tips will be useful to all Gmail users including those without any current problems as it is always a good idea to keep an eye on your email accounts and to know how to monitor unusual activities.
When working online, the first thing we need to be aware of is security.
I was talking to a friend who is
a self-proclaimed “hacker”, and I found our conversation to be
very interesting. Of particular interest to me was when he was telling
me about “social engineering” and how easily he can hack a Gmail or Facebook account. (One of the easiest methods used by my hacker friend involves Gmail fake pages.)
Fortunately, he also mentioned that it is easy to find out if your Gmail account has been hacked without using any 3rd party tools.
While I am not going to go into detail
regarding how or why my friend is hacking email addresses, I will be
sharing a couple of quick tips which you can use to monitor whether or
not your Gmail account is being hacked. This will teach you how to
protect your Gmail accounts in the future. Let’s have a look:
3 Ways of Checking to See if Gmail is Being Hacked:
Gmail last account activity feature:
Gmail introduced their last account activity feature a long time ago. “Last account activity” shows the location, IP, method, and time when your Gmail was last accessed. It shows the last 10 logins along with the current login.
So the first thing you should do if you are interested in monitoring the activity of your Gmail account is click on “last account activity” at the bottom of your Gmail account page and check to see when and where your Gmail account was last accessed.
This will give you an idea of whether your Gmail account is being used by someone other than you. You can also log out any other users who may be logging in from another system using this “last account activity” page.
Email forwarding:
This is another useful feature offered
by the Gmail team which allows us to forward any email coming into our
Gmail account to any other account.
Hackers usually forward all emails
to their own accounts and since this feature is not widely known or
used, people rarely realize that someone else is reading their email.
You can go to the forwarding page to check to see if your email is being forwarded to any other email address.
POP and IMAP settings for Gmail:
IMAP and POP features will allow you to access your email on any 3rd party client using any of these two protocols. The issue here is that anyone can configure their email client to receive your email if they get access to your password. This means that a hacker will also be receiving your emails.
If you are not using the IMAP or POP
feature, it’s better to keep them disabled. Also make sure you follow
step one (noted above) as you may be able to see some unexpected
locations and IP addresses if a hacker has already configured his/her
email client using your Gmail account.
If you ever have concerns that your Gmail account has been hacked, you should change your password immediately, along with your security question, password recovery email, and registered phone number.
It’s not a bad idea to be paranoid about your online security as you can never be too confident
about your preventative measures. It’s better to keep a close eye on
your accounts for any unusual activities, and if you give anyone access
to your Gmail account, make sure you read reviews and feedback from
online communities prior to doing so.
Have you spotted anything
unusual suggesting that your Gmail account may have been hacked? Let us
know using the comments section below.
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1. Open youtube and click on any video you would like to play 2. Pause the videol 3. Now type 1980 and see the magic
Once you start this game missile will start coming from the top. The job of missile is to destroy the video. You can protect the video by firing back using your mouse.
As you know snake is one of the oldest but also most popular and fun playing game, which can now be played on youtube with a simple trick.You can have fun playing snake game while your video streams.
How To Play ?
1. Go to youtube and select any video. 2. While video is streaming on youtube press left button of mouseand press up arrow key .
3. Now the streaming circle will start to move like a snake.
In my previous post i have posted about Facebook status update trick in which we use profile id, but what if person got username. So this is the trick which will let you get profile id of any person who got custom username. Check below image and see how URL of facebook profile looks before and after custom username.
How To Get Facebook Profile Id ?
In case of Profile ID before custom username you can easily identify it by looking at Profile URL, But in case of profile with custom username its not same. Below are simple steps to find Profile ID having custom username.
Go to the profile you want to find Profile ID
That URL will look like this www.facebook.com/username
Sometime you want to see clear image of someone on facebook who might not be your friend but his/her privacy setting stop you from doing this. In this tutorial i will teach you to view facebook private or locked profile picture in large size with very simple trick.
How To View Facebook Locked Profile Picture ?
1. Open the facebook profile of person whose profile picture is locked or is set to private. 2. Right click on the profile picture and click on Copy Image Url as shown in image below.
3. Open that image in new tab by right clicking and selecting Paste (CTRL + V) 4. Now change the value of image size highlighted below which might be s160x160 to s720x720 (If its not clear try (s320x320)
5. The image will enlarge in size. This trick does not always work.
We often use schools and colleges internet connections, but they usually block access to undesired web sites (the "black list"). In order to access those sites you can do is use google translate as proxy to bypass this restrictions. So lets get into it.
Method 1
1. Visit whatismyipaddress and note down you real Ip Address 2. Now Go to Google Translate 3. From Under Detect Language, Chose your language in my case English 4. Now type http://whatismyipaddress.com/ in text area and click on Translate 5. Now check your Ip Address, Its different from the real one.
If you use this trick, you are not sure to protect your privacy, this kind of connection lets you see blacklisted or banned pages but does not hide your IP address.
Sometime its annoying when youtube ask you to sign in for your age verification to watch 18+ videos. So i will make it easy for you by showing you a simple youtube trick to watch adult or 18+ youtube videos without signing In. This trick is 100% working as of 2013. So lets get started.
How To Watch 18+ Youtube Videos Without Logging In ?
1. First get the Url of video you want to watch. As shown below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xkh6j7RMqk
2. Then copy the Video Id. For above link video Id is4Xkh6j7RMqk 3. Now paste the Video Id in the link given below.
Most of you download and use pirated software from torrents or any such other sites, but sometime it gets very difficult to find serial key of those softwares. I will make it easy for you by showing you simple yet very intersting google trick which will allow you to find serial key of any software very easily.
How To Find Serial Key Of Any Software ?
The key 94FBR is a part of Office 2000 Pro CD activation key that is widely distributed as it bypasses the activation requirements of Office 2000 Pro. By searching for 94fbr and the product name, you are guarantee that the pages that are returned are pages dealing specifically with the product you're wanting a serial for. Follow simple steps given below to learn this trick
Each version of Android since 1.5 has been developed with a specific codename. These codenames are chosen alphabetically, and have thus far all been dessert items (or, generically, sweet/sugary foods). Some codenames are associated with more than one version number, while others are limited to only a specific one, and the reason for this inconsistency is not currently known. The naming typically appears to correspond to changes in the developer API levels, but this is not always true (example: 3.0 and 3.1 are both "Honeycomb" but they have different API levels).
The following names are used for the currently existing Android releases. Note that versions 1.0 and 1.1 were not publicly named. However, Android 1.1 was internally referred to as "Petit-Four" (noted in Traroth's answer, confirmed here):
Android is now nearly nine years old and despite the green robot android peeking out of phone shops up and down the high street, there are still plenty of people who don’t know what Android is.
If you fit into this category then have no fear; this article is your complete guide to understanding what Android is, what it can do and where to find it, including the best Android mobile phones, Android apps, which games you can play on Android devices, the very best features you can enjoy and how to update to the latest version.
What is Android?
Android is the name of the mobile operating system owned by American company, Google. It most commonly comes installed on a variety of smartphones and tablets from a host of manufacturers offering users access to Google’s own services like Search, YouTube, Maps, Gmail and more.
This means you can easily look for information on the web, watch videos, search for directions and write emails on your phone, just as you would on your computer, but there’s more to Android than these simple examples.
What can an Android phone do?
Android phones are highly customisable and as such can be altered to suit your tastes and needs; with wallpapers, themes and launchers which completely change the look of your device's interface. You can download applications to do all sorts of things like check your Facebook and Twitter feeds, manage your bank account, order pizza and play games. You can plan events from your phone's calendar and see them on your computer or browse websites on your desktop Mac or PC and pick them up on your phone.
Another neat feature of Android is that it automatically backs up your contacts for you. When you set up an Android phone you’ll need to create a Google Account or sign in with an existing one. Every time you save a number to the address book of your Android phone it will be synced to your Google Account.
The benefit of this is that if you lose your phone all of your numbers will be saved. The next time you get an Android phone (or an iPhone or Windows Phone if you prefer) and sign in with your Google Account, all of your contacts and friend's numbers will be displayed in your new phone’s address book immediately, no need to transfer or back them up anywhere else.
Syncing is a way for your phone to keep all your information; websites, contacts, calendar entries and apps up-to-date. This can happen over your phone's mobile data or WiFi connection, seamlessly, in the background.
What apps can I get on an Android phone?
There are millions of apps and games available to download from the Google Play store (formerly Android Market). There are camera apps that allow you to take pictures with artistic effects and music players which allow you to stream songs from the web or create playlists. You can customise the appearance of your Android handset with a number of wallpapers based on pictures you’ve taken yourself or downloaded from the internet too.
An example of a widget on the home screen of an Android phone. This one lets you access music playback from Spotify without having to open the application.
There are also various on-screen widgets to download which allow access to, and the alteration of, settings on your phone, without the need to dive through menus as you would on non-Android devices. You can pretty much create your own system of shortcuts and menus to better suit how you uniquely use your phone.
You can also download a huge range of games for your Android phone to keep you entertained on the go. Here are our favourite Android games of all time.
Asphalt Overdrive is a simple to play, tricky to master racing game.
The same account that lets you backup your contacts can also have financial details added to it, giving you the ability to purchase content from the Google Play store directly. You can pay either by debit or credit card and initial setup takes less than five minutes from a computer.
Although there are well over a million apps available to Android users in the Google Play store, some developers choose to make their apps available to download from their own sites or alternative app stores. In order to download them, you have to change some settings on your phone before visiting these sites on your Android device's web browser. By downloading apps outside of the Google Play store, you do run the risk of attack in the form of data theft or by leaving yourself more susceptible to viruses, so be careful if you choose this route.
Should you upgrade or change your Android phone; log into your Google account and you’ll be able to download your previously owned apps again, without being charged. In recent years, Google has expanded Google Play to offer more than just apps, with books, magazines, music and movies available for purchase and download in much the same way too.
Who actually makes Android phones?
Any handset maker is free to make an Android phone if they want to. The likes of Motorola, HTC, Samsung and Sony, Acer, Alcatel, Asus, Huawei, LG and ZTE have all made Android phones (and tablets). Blackberry also launched its very first Android phone, the strangely-named Blackberry Priv at the end of 2015.
Although Google owns the OS (Android), the company has not made any of the smartphones on which it runs in-house (it did make the Android-powered Pixel C tablet in 2015). However, it has partnered with various handset manufacturers over the years to make its own-brand smartphones under the 'Nexus' name.
Google's Nexus phones were typically the first to receive new updates and were considered to be the flagship Android phones, even though some other Android devices sported larger screens, better cameras and more powerful hardware. In 2016 Google shelved the Nexus brand name and replaced by launching two new phones called the Pixel and Pixel XL. For all intents and purposes, these new phones enjoy all the same benefits as the Nexus devices did and are essentially the spiritual successors to the Nexus line.
Android updates
Google is constantly working on new versions of the Android software. These releases are infrequent; at the moment they normally come out every six months or so, but Google is looking to slow this down to once a year. Check out our handy, comprehensive guide to every Android version out there.
Like Android phones, Android tablets come in all shapes and sizes. These can range from the 7-inch screen of the Asus-made Google Nexus 7 to far larger displays, such as the 10-inch display found on the Nexus 10.
Somewhat confusingly, some older Android tablets; like the original Samsung Galaxy Tab, launched running Android 2.2 Froyo - a version of Android designed for phones, whilst Android 3.0 Honeycomb was the first release of the OS specifically for tablets.
Older Android tablets which didn’t run on 3.0 Honeycomb couldn’t benefit from things like the redesigned YouTube app, improved widgets and certain tablet-specific apps like SwiftKey for Tablets.
This fragmentation between Android phones and tablets was eliminated with the launch of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which was designed to operate on either type of device and scale accordingly. Android Jelly Bean introduced a number of improvements for both the smartphone and tablet experience over the likes of ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) and that trend continues with the latest release, Android 7.0 Nougat, which brings features like split screen support to the table.
Do Android updates cost anything?
Android updates are free to download and install. Updates bring a number of new features and changes to Android each time. Generally, with each update the speed and overall performance of Android is improved upon.
Most of the high-end Android phones are scheduled to receive updates first. Most Android phones will have at least one update during their life cycle, with some having two. A life cycle is usually around 18 months, but depending on the phone this can be longer. These updates differ from app updates, which are smaller, incremental releases for individual applications installed on your Android device.
How do I get an update?
Android updates are normally received OTA (Over The Air), that is, sent directly to your Android phone without the need for a computer. Normally, once your Android phone or tablet is due to get an update, you'll see a notification in the bar at the top of the screen. You'll then be prompted to connect to WiFi to avoid incurring extra data charges - updates can be quite big and downloading them over a mobile data connection isn’t advised as it may result in expensive data charges.
Updates are generally one-stage processes and relatively straightforward, but in some cases, you may need to backup/save any media (photos, movies, music) or apps you've downloaded before updating.
How can I change the look and feel of my Android phone desktops?
Android phones from the likes of Huawei, LG and Samsung all sport a very different look and feel to the stock Android found on Google's own Nexus phones. That's because each manufacturer tends to add their own software overlay to Android, known as a 'launcher', which changes the design of the home screen, additional desktops, app logos and so on.
Luckily, if you feel like refreshing your Android phone's software design, it's incredibly easy to pull off. Just check out our guide to changing your Android launcher to learn how
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