EQ Admin EQ Forum Admin Staff member Nov 18, 2013 #1 Hello, First, if you did get your account back yet, please see this guide: Yahoo - How to recover a lost password / How to regain control of a hacked account | Email Questions After recovering your account please do ALL of the following: Change your password (how to create a strong password) Verify your account and password reset information including alternate email addresses Check your forward settings - Make sure any accounts listed belong to you Turn on Full Session SSL (As of January 2014 this is defaulted on) Turn on 2-step login verification Revoke access to Yahoo Mail for computers and devices that you do not recognize or use anymore. Check your Yahoo Signatures, make sure any information was created by you. Request a contacts restore if your contacts were deleted. Run a security scan on your computer with Malwarebytes How to set your language back to English - Yahoo compromised account Last edited: Dec 26, 2020
Hello, First, if you did get your account back yet, please see this guide: Yahoo - How to recover a lost password / How to regain control of a hacked account | Email Questions After recovering your account please do ALL of the following: Change your password (how to create a strong password) Verify your account and password reset information including alternate email addresses Check your forward settings - Make sure any accounts listed belong to you Turn on Full Session SSL (As of January 2014 this is defaulted on) Turn on 2-step login verification Revoke access to Yahoo Mail for computers and devices that you do not recognize or use anymore. Check your Yahoo Signatures, make sure any information was created by you. Request a contacts restore if your contacts were deleted. Run a security scan on your computer with Malwarebytes How to set your language back to English - Yahoo compromised account