Is someone else using my Gmail? | Gmail hacked
This is a three part tutorial. The first part is “The Explanation”. The second part we will do the “The Example”. And lastly we will walk you through “The How-To”.
The Explanation:
Have you ever received an email stating that someone accessed your Gmail Account from another location? If not, does that mean it has never happened? On the contrary, just because you did not receive a notification does not mean it never happened. Maybe Gmail just did not think it was a red flag, when it fact it was. But not all hope is lost. Even if it does not notify you, there is still a way to check. Which we will walk you through in “The How-To” below.
The Example:
I’m sure you are wondering what may and may not cause a red flag. One good example might be the following; Let us say my Gmail account is accessed from Hong Kong, China. That might surely raise a red flag for my account. However me logging on from California or New Jersey might not raise a red flag, when in fact it would be.
The How-To:
Finally we arrive to the main course of this tutorial. Here we will show you how to check for red flags manually. Knowing the feature won’t do you any good if you can’t pull it up. And luckily it has been in front of your face this whole time. More specifically at the bottom of your inbox on the right side. Below we have attached a picture of a Gmail inbox. We have an orange square around the area where you must click. As well as an arrow pointing to the link.
After clicking on the details link at the bottom of you inbox, you will see the activities page. This is where you check the locations to see if something is there which does not belong. We linked a image of the activities page, so you know you have located the correct window. There are two images of the activities page, to show you what it should and should not look like.
Below we have a good sample. How can we tell this? Because at the bottom in the green rectangle, it says “The computer is using IP address 00.0.000.00 (United States (NY)). Which means that is your location from that computer you are currently using to check your email. In the recent activity all the IP addresses match. That means all your Gmail activity is coming from the same location. And therefore you have nothing to worry about.
Below we have a corrupt sample. We can tell you account has been hacked because some of the activity in the log is not from the same computer as the one you are on. The “hacker” activity has been highlighted in a red box. My IP address says I’m in NY, but there is some activity from New Jersey, California, and even China!! We know that does not belong there. In this case, where you account has been compromised, you should change your password immediately!
If you need to change your password, visit security.google.com . Make sure you are logged into Google. If you are not, don’t worry. It will ask you to log-in before being able to view the page. Once logged in, the first option is to change your password. Below we have attached a image of this, with a green rectangle around the “Change password” link.
Congratulations, you have now verified and fixed the security on your Gmail Account if needed!
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