Tagath Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 I hope this is in the right group. if not sorry. but I need some help. I downloaded tekkit lastnight 16/03/14 from technicpack.net as a friend told me it was safe. afetr I installed it and played for a bit I tried to log into my facebook and email but got the message invaild password/email for both ??? so I ran a virus scan with nortons and it says I'm claen. so left it until the next day after resetting all my passwords for all my sites as they all became invalid. I tried the launcher again today to play for a bit and when I was done when to check my email and my password was invalid again same will all my other normal site and some gaming sites. I'm very confused about this as I have friends that do play tekkit and have never see or heard about this issue. any and all help would be greatful.
dwwojcik Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 So... you're saying the Technic Launcher somehow made these websites mess up your password?
Tagath Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 yes everything was fine as I was in my email and facebook at the time and installed the launcher. came out of them to play for a bit and when I went to log back into them it wouldn't accept my passwords. did it again today as well. it is weird it just after I'm done playing and none of my password work.
dwwojcik Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 What. How is this possible? I can't imagine how.
Moderators Munaus Posted March 17, 2014 Moderators Posted March 17, 2014 No, the technic launcher does not erase your facebook, hotmail, google or any other kind of social media account passwords. If the launcher was a malware it would've been reported as such during its 2 years long run by thousands of users. You got Norton, a shitty antivirus that blocks false positives but lets malware go unchecked. You probably got malware and Norton doesn't see it Tagath 1
Tagath Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 I know its a bit on the weird side. it does have me very confussed. I though that maybe it was something else so shut down everything on the computer just loaded the launcher played tekkit for about 10 minutes came out and tried to load into facebook and it stated that my password was wrong so had to reset it again so it is very confussing as I know it shouldn't affect anything on firefox or my other website at all.
Tagath Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 ok I will try another ntivirus for amlware to see. thanks for the help Munaus
Tagath Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 ok tring Microsoft security essentials right now. is that any other malware checkers out there that you would recommend Munaus?
Tagath Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 ok used malwarebytes and it found 383 malware so I will try the launcher again later. thank you so much for the help and I will post my results if it works.
Moderators Munaus Posted March 17, 2014 Moderators Posted March 17, 2014 I would suggest you do an entire reboot of your PC, to be on the safe side. And change your passwords on all social media sites afterwards Tagath 1
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