1. Yahoo Account hacked: Try to log in
You should first try with your usual password in the Account login. In order to check whether the Hacker has changed your password.
- Log in to Yahoo with your usual Account details.
- The logon should fail, the Hacker has changed your password probably. In step 2, we will explain how you a new password.
2. A new password for Yahoo request
Often the Hacker will change the password after you have taken a Yahoo Account. Should you won't be able to access your Account, you will need to request in Yahoo for a new password.
- You have to click below the sign-in to "I can't access my Account".
- Now, select the "I have a suspicion that someone has unauthorized access to my Account gives.".
- Enter your Yahoo ID.
- You can then select whether you want to reset your password using the security question or if you would like to receive a new password via your registered E-Mail address.
Yahoo: New password request
3. Password from Yahoo Account change
Should your password not been changed, you should still play it safe and your Yahoo password change.
- Pay attention in the choice of your password is best that you it is as safe as possible make. To do this, you should use letters in Uppercase and lowercase letters, special characters and Numbers in mixed order.
4. Security issues clear and Two-way authentication enable
To make your Yahoo Account more secure, we recommend you to disable the security questions. The questions are usually so simple that you could even answer your neighbor. Yahoo has long supported the Two-way authentication. Here you will get each new device that you want to log in, an extra security Code on your phone. To enable this feature, follow these steps:
- First log in to your Yahoo Account to a.
- Then open your settings to Account security. To do so, move the mouse over your name and select Account information or, alternatively, click on the link.
- Now you put the switch in "confirmation in two steps", and enter your mobile phone number. You will then receive your first security Code that you enter on the Yahoo page.
- They are backed up twice.
Yahoo: Two-Way Authentication
If you are the Youtube-clone of Yahoo! don't know yet, we will show you in the next practice tip on how Yahoo Screen works.
