A word of caution

[sammerdog]

Hey guys -

Just a "head's up" to you all....

I got 3 of these notices sent to my regular e-mail account:

Dear sammerdog,

Someone has tried to log into your account on The Garage Journal Board with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 75.190.253.216

All the best,
The Garage Journal Board

I'm not a real big computer guy, so I'm not sure what evil could come out of a situation like this, other than people posting as one another on here.

Any of you computer "geeks" think there's any reason for concern? The wife and I were gone from the house when these notes were posted, so it's not my beautiful wife checking up on me.

 

[jerk_chicken]

Well, there is reason for concern only in that someone is trying to guess your password to get into your account. I think the admins can match the ip to see which member is trying, if it is a member.

If you're really paranoid, make sure your computer's security is up to date and not hiding a trojan or anything else, then change your password, but it's likely not needed, since they can't figure it out, though if you have an easy one, they might get it.