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2. Add, replace or remove AOL account recovery info - AOL Help

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   Keep a valid mobile phone number or email address on your account in case you ever lose your password or run into a prompt to verify your account after signing in. We'll also include your recovery email address when sending a notification of changes made to your account. Add a mobile number or email address

3. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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   Change your password immediately. 2. Delete app passwords you don’t recognize. 3. Revert your mail settings if they were changed. 4. Ensure you have antivirus software installed and updated. 5. Check to make sure your recovery options are up-to-date. 6. Consider enabling two-step verification to add an extra layer of security to your account.

4. Protecting your AOL Account

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   For example, if you sign on to a website and obtain a username and password, the cookies remember that information for you. To get rid of unwanted cookies, clear the cookies in your web browser. Safeguard important files and communications. Always keep your information secure and private. • Never use family names or birth dates as passwords.

5. Password notification email - Wikipedia

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   Password notification email or password recovery email is a common password recovery technique used by websites. If a user forgets their password, a password recovery email is sent which contains enough information for the user to access their account again. This method of password retrieval relies on the assumption that only the legitimate ...

6. .htpasswd - Wikipedia

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   The name of the file is given in the .htaccess configuration, and can be anything, although ".htpasswd" is the canonical name. The file name starts with a dot, because most Unix-like operating systems consider any file that begins with a dot to be hidden. [1] The htpasswd command is used to manage .htpasswd file entries.

7. Wikipedia:10,000 most common passwords - Wikipedia

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   About. If your password is on this list of the 10,000 most common passwords, you need a new password. A hacker can use or generate files like this, which may be readily compiled from breaches of sites such as Ashley Madison. Usually, passwords are not tried one-by-one against a system's secure server online; instead, a hacker might manage to ...