Spurious Username

E H White · 11-08-2003, 09:10 AM

I was recently logging on to a website, and when I used autocomplete to fill in the user name block, I noticed it also showed a user name (Skate_Katt) that I have never used. Any Idea what is going on here?, Has someone gotten access to my passwords? Thanks for the help.

E H White

**jgvernonco** · 11-08-2003, 02:08 PM

The very first thing that you must ask yourself is, who else has physical access to your computer? Could anyone have signed on (innocently?), gone to a site and used their own nick to go in?

I need some experienced techs to chime in here, but my understanding has been that autofill entries must be typed in, not inserted by a bad guy (at least for now).

Anybody?

11-08-2003, 09:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
E H White Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1 OS: ME	Spurious Username I was recently logging on to a website, and when I used autocomplete to fill in the user name block, I noticed it also showed a user name (Skate_Katt) that I have never used. Any Idea what is going on here?, Has someone gotten access to my passwords? Thanks for the help. E H White

11-08-2003, 02:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
jgvernonco Old Timer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 7,958 OS: Vista Home Premium, SP 27	The very first thing that you must ask yourself is, who else has physical access to your computer? Could anyone have signed on (innocently?), gone to a site and used their own nick to go in? I need some experienced techs to chime in here, but my understanding has been that autofill entries must be typed in, not inserted by a bad guy (at least for now). Anybody? __________________ Donations keep TSF moving forward. Please help. http://www.myspace.com/speedbumpthecelt