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my account hijacked?

Discussion in 'Site Support' started by teoks, Sep 7, 2007.

  1. teoks

    teoks Member

    hi all, hope i'm posting in the correct section here, would really appreciate some help with this

    my current problem started sometime last sunday or so. previously i have had no problem with this site, download speeds at 50-100kb/s. but after last sunday when i tried logging in as usual, the site said i was temporarily banned. i thought it was a server error so i just tried logging in a couple hours later. but from then on, my download speed got cut to a ridiculous 2kb/s or lower, before getting timed out. this problem has lasted for about a week, and as i don't see much other comments abt the issue, i realised i was probably an isolated case.

    also, i just looked at my profile to view past downloads. to my shock, there was a whole list of 300+MB PSX roms i have apparently downloaded, consisting of repeated downloads of:

    40 Winks (U)(NTSC)[SLUS-00874].rar
    Aces of the Air (U)(NTSC)[SLUS-01470].rar
    Ace Combat 2 (E)(PAL)[SCES-00699].rar

    looking further back into my backlog of downloads, i realised that my last successful downloads were on 27th august. everything after that has been none of my doing. has my account been hijacked?

    could a site admin possibly look into this problem for me? would really appreciate the help, big thanks in advance!
     
  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    change your password to be on the safe side.
     
  3. kanwarrulz_123

    kanwarrulz_123 Well-Known Member

    do you have a suspect maybe your family member
     
  4. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Nothing has happened, we had a problem with the database meaning a lot of the downloads was assigned new IDs, so the download log for the last month is completely wrong. You haven't lost any extra points or been hi-jacked or any of the sort.
     
  5. teoks

    teoks Member

    im pretty sure it isnt the case of my family or friend using my comp while i'm not around, but ill heed loonylions advice and change my password just to be safe.

    erm...call me a noob, but..where can i change password? :eek: navigating around in profiles doesnt seem to turn up such an option


    its a relief that the download log was a case of database error..but that still doesnt explain why my download speed got zapped to near zilch when everything was working before =<
     
  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    you change your password in your forum profile, not your site profile.
     
  7. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    A lot of people using the trans atlantic connection? There are other factors in speeds than just you and the server.
     
  8. teoks

    teoks Member

    i am finally able to download roms again!! no idea what happened but im not complaining :D

    thx for everyones help!