Internet Fraud

just this morning, my yahoo account was compromised. my password was changed. i was able to gain access to my yahoo account again, but i am wondering whether it is worth the effort to completely change into another yahoo account. does being a phishing victim once predispose you to future phishing scams again or allows your account to be easily accessed by others? or will changing your password to something more secure (i generated another one using keepass) do the trick? any additional details regarding security (no links please... i can read those) would be appreciated... something realistic i guess... thanks.

I was just helping someone wth a similar problem with a different web based email client. Aside from changing your password.. you should go into the options / preferences and make sure that they did not change and/or add a secondary email account ..one that they could use to ask for a password to be reset or sent to them. Also, you should ensure that you are using a "good password".. one that is at least 8 characters and uses a combination of Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, AND special characters &%%#$@ I would also change any other accounts that used the same password that was compromised. Usually people only have a few passwords at most that they rotate between accounts.. so if you can get a password for one thing.. you may have the keys to everything. Being a victim once does not predispose you to future attacks .. IF you learn from the event! and change whatever habits led to your falling victim in the first place. The fact that you are asking these questions and giving this a lot of thought clearly shows that you are wanting to learn form this event... :) Some other tips would be to ensure that when you exit your email client you completely log out... if you have any suspicions that the attack is continuing.. check your computer for viruses, backdoors, etc.. Clear out your internet browser cache incase they used a website to get your info and check that your homepage has not been changed to something that just "looks" like your homepage... Other good security practice is to make sure your A/V, Firewall is up to date and properly configured.. and to set your computer up with a secure password login with screensaver also set to ask for password. good luck!

Please contact with yahoo security and customercare for regaining ur access, dont need to change ID. And offcourse use a strong password for future. Thanks