I received the same email today issuing me a temporary password and also in previous days when logging in I had a problem with the screen freezing. After receiving the email I did not click the link encase it was a scam. I went to the SSR Fanatic site and tried logging in with my usual password which didn't work so I used the temporary password given and was able to log in. I then went to User CP in the upper right hand corner. I brought up the menu and went to emails and password. Typed in the temporary given in the email and then typed in new password below that. Everything seems to be working fine now. I do not believe the email sent was a scam.
It is not a scam... Autoforums had a data breach with all their members usernames, passwords etc. on some or ALL of their owned auto websites.
*You must go in and change your password.
NOTE: Some autosites are asking for a 10 digit password with a at least one CAPITAL Letter, and at least one lower case, at least one number and you must also pick out a -> !@##$%^&^*()_+
Really a shame what we have become as a society. If these online criminals spent as much time forming a valid business over grabbing my passwords they would be a valuable member of society in general. I had to reset my computer to the day I bought it and reload all my programs to get rid of a virus I picked up either on this forum or one of 2 others...don't know. Basically it locked my computer with a prerecorded message saying to call a certain number (supposed Microsoft #) to fix the problem. Instead I called a known Microsoft number to enquire. Microsoft told me for $100 they would fix it and provide security. I just decided to stay with McAfee and fix it my self. I'm really glad this forum was all over the problem and provide us with the info to counter some issues.
It's more than criminals. It's all people - it's the "I gotta have the 'new' thing NOW" mentality. Software development is pure crap these days. There is no debugging - just toss features in and dump it on the market. Every major vendor out there is guilty of ignoring issues promising that a fix will be in the next release - it's all lies. :mad2:
I'm a member on 4 different forums (I got 4 vehicles). 3 are owned by VerticalScope (AutoForums) and all 3 were force reset in the past 2 days. This one just happened to be the last.
This is a big dam mess. Follow the private email directions got me two more tries to being locked out. I will just leave the second password they sent as mine for now. Changing it was a mess and is a mess. Jacked my blood pressure before 7AM. Not good.
The old passwords could be letters only. The new ones need to have at least 10 characters including upper and lower case letters as well as number and symbols. I was able to come up with one that I could remember.
Got that handled but noticed my lifetime has suddenly disappeared :surprise: Can't send a message about it because I have exceeded my 100 PM allotment and don't want to delete them. Seems all my setting are haywire
I did a "cut & paste" entered it into the sign in, got in, went to User CP, went to edit password, re-entered (temp password) and set up my NEW password, watching the colors change until all lines were GOOD, entered twice..... All is Good now...
Good morning finally. Been at this stupid computer since 6AM trying to log in. It was a nightmare. They sent me a new Password so I entered it. Denied. Entered it several more times , denied. Then tried my old password and on top of being denied I was out of chances and had to wait 15 minutes. Sent them an e-mail and they said try again. Same results. Finally gave up and went on a motorcycle ride. Just got home. Tried to get back on with negative results. Sent another e-mail and they sent me another new password and here we are. I guess because I am not a computer genius it only took 10 hours to get logged in, so good morning and soon to be good evening. Still laughing!!! Sort of.
After being denied 5 times message said try again after 15 minutes.
I got side tracked and got back a couple hours later and tried the new password again and everything went through with no problems?? :smile2:
It's those Chinese hackers AGAIN!! I have it from a very reliable source that they are working on launching a satellite that will disable ALL the SSR electronics / on board computers in the world.
Man this is getting really scary. Wonder if we can convert our Rs back to the old electrical systems before they launch that satellite. Where is James Bond we need him on this ASAP.
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