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Help for the Hacked

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Help for the Hacked


Angel7990
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Hi. This is Angel7990, here to tell you a little about what to do if you are hacked. Now, I didn't pay too much attention to hacking until I was hacked. But I got lucky because no permanent damage was done. Most people who are hacked DO have permanent damage done. That's what I'm here for.

The first thing to do when you are hacked is to RELAX, breathe, and try to keep it cool. Next, try to figure out what the hacker did. Did he or she take all your face parts? Did he send clams on the ClamGram to other Whyvillians? Once you know what damage was done, you can fix it.

Now, if your face parts were stolen, you can go to Grandma's to borrow some face parts until you can replace the old ones. (Then you can give Granny back her parts.) Or maybe you can borrow some parts from your friends.

If the hacker sent clams to other Whyvillians, you can start by Y-mailing them and telling them what happened. If they are nice, they will send the clams back to you. Just DON'T ACCUSE SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD THE CLAMGRAM SENT TO THEM. The hacker could have easily done this just to frame them and get you mad at them.

You can avoid being hacked by not giving out your password. But if you still are hacked because your password was easy enough to guess, just remember these steps to recover, and you'll be fine:

  1. Relax.
  2. Find what the hacker did.
  3. Fix it.

If you have any questions or comments, just Y-mail me. This is Angel7990. C U L8ter!

 

 

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