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Gregg Bell · 11-07-2017, 12:45 AM

Okay. Here's my latest problem. I belong to this dating site Christian Mingle. This morning I got an email saying my account was compromised. Indeed it was. I couldn't get in. Well, it was a mess. With Christian Mingle's help I was able to start getting in with a new email address and password, but the site never fully opened and was just all-around messed up. The tech said, log out (of the site we were chatting in), clear the cache, close the browser and then open the browser and log back in.

So I did. And I was able to get in. My profile was still a lot of the hacker's but the troublesome thing was the site was still messed up and super slow. So I got out and in a little while tried getting in again from Google. Well, I couldn't even get started that way. The screen was blank. And once when I clicked on the Christian Mingle link in Google it did absolutely nothing. And getting into a lot of my other sites was super slow. I was like, 'The browser is messed.' And it wasn't just Firefox. I tried with Chrome too and it too was messed.

And even stuff like when I would open the Christian Mingle site these site names (which I usually never notice) were popping up in the lower left hand corner. Stuff like:

jsappboycdn.com

transferring data from fast.wistia.com

v2.zopim.com

TLS handshake

and this LibreOffice site address (that I had been in earlier) and even my bank name (that I had been in yesterday).

But after an hour or so everything settled down. The Christian Mingle site became fully functional and quick as usual. All the other functionality of the browsers and sites was normal too.

So, maybe esp. because the bank name came up, now I'm wondering though if I have a virus. And even though everything is functional (I'm on a different computer now) I'm still a little leery of using it. Especially the important sites.

I changed the passwords of the important sites and have tightened up all the alerts and so forth at those sites.

But still I'm leery of using them because of how funky the browsers were.

So I have a perfectly functioning computer but I'm still leery. Could the browsers have been so messed up and just recovered like that if it was just a case of my Christian Mingle account being compromised? Or was it more than likely a virus?

Should I just use the computer (carefully) and see if there's any sign of dysfunctionality or should I take it to a computer guy? (And probably pay a hundred bucks.) I don't want to be paranoid about this but I also don't want to be stupid either.

I don't feel terribly vulnerable because of the safeguards I've taken. What's a reasonable approach to this situation?

Thanks much.

11-07-2017, 12:45 AM	#765
Gregg Bell Gregg Bell Posts: 2,266 Karma: 3917598 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Itasca, Illinois Device: Kindle Touch 7, Sony PRS300, Fire HD8 Tablet	Okay. Here's my latest problem. I belong to this dating site Christian Mingle. This morning I got an email saying my account was compromised. Indeed it was. I couldn't get in. Well, it was a mess. With Christian Mingle's help I was able to start getting in with a new email address and password, but the site never fully opened and was just all-around messed up. The tech said, log out (of the site we were chatting in), clear the cache, close the browser and then open the browser and log back in. So I did. And I was able to get in. My profile was still a lot of the hacker's but the troublesome thing was the site was still messed up and super slow. So I got out and in a little while tried getting in again from Google. Well, I couldn't even get started that way. The screen was blank. And once when I clicked on the Christian Mingle link in Google it did absolutely nothing. And getting into a lot of my other sites was super slow. I was like, 'The browser is messed.' And it wasn't just Firefox. I tried with Chrome too and it too was messed. And even stuff like when I would open the Christian Mingle site these site names (which I usually never notice) were popping up in the lower left hand corner. Stuff like: jsappboycdn.com transferring data from fast.wistia.com v2.zopim.com TLS handshake and this LibreOffice site address (that I had been in earlier) and even my bank name (that I had been in yesterday). But after an hour or so everything settled down. The Christian Mingle site became fully functional and quick as usual. All the other functionality of the browsers and sites was normal too. So, maybe esp. because the bank name came up, now I'm wondering though if I have a virus. And even though everything is functional (I'm on a different computer now) I'm still a little leery of using it. Especially the important sites. I changed the passwords of the important sites and have tightened up all the alerts and so forth at those sites. But still I'm leery of using them because of how funky the browsers were. So I have a perfectly functioning computer but I'm still leery. Could the browsers have been so messed up and just recovered like that if it was just a case of my Christian Mingle account being compromised? Or was it more than likely a virus? Should I just use the computer (carefully) and see if there's any sign of dysfunctionality or should I take it to a computer guy? (And probably pay a hundred bucks.) I don't want to be paranoid about this but I also don't want to be stupid either. I don't feel terribly vulnerable because of the safeguards I've taken. What's a reasonable approach to this situation? Thanks much.