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    Points:5

    Yahoo mail or G mail verification- do you also face this

    Recently I find that whenever I try to log in to Yahoo Mail, it seeks some verification process.

    First it wants to ensure that I(the user) is not a robot. For that it gives some puzzles. Earlier it was to find out the prescribed object from given picture blocks. Now it gives figure blocks and asks to pick he block with two identical objects. It is about 5 puzzles. Then on completing that security check up it asks us to continue by typing password. Then it asks a further verification of OTP 6 digits sending it to our mobile or email as per our selection. On correctly feeding the OTP digits it allows the login and allows us to the mail page.

    Earlier this process was once in a while. But now for the last few days I find it almost every time.

    In one or wo occasions I got OTP as some weird mix of alphabets and digits which appeared to me as suspicious. So I did not proceed further and terminated the process. Then when I tried to login next day it was okay as the the verification OTP was the familiar 6 digit pattern.

    Now my question is do you, members , face such situations? (For G mail also it is coming once in a while, but it is more straight forward and short and easy or sample)

    My other doubt is why the suspicious OTP alpha-digit combination came? Can I suspect some mischief or intrusion? Is the more frequency due to my clearing the history or cookies frequently? I am having Kaspersky protection and keep it regularly updated.

    I also see the opening page for G mail (ID and password page) has changed.

    Even a small change in the bowser or mail site pages gives a real doubt and worry to me as I am not that tech savvy in these matters. Hence please clear my doubts .
  • #778677

    Points:5
    My observation in this regard is that if you are using Yahoo mail only in one device and not logging out from the device then it does not ask the verification and even if it asks then it is very very occasional in nature.
    Some people are using Yahoo mail using the same username and password in multiple devices and there it starts asking for verification frequently.
    For example, in one of my devices (mobile phone) it is not asking but in another mobile where I tried to login with same username and password it asks the verification frequently even if I do not logout.
    That is probably happening due to multiplicity of devices and many apps (especially bank apps) discourage that by asking OTP and even insist for the same SIM card presence in the mobile phone which phone number is registered with bank.

    Anyway, I have met with the verification process many times and there is nothing to worry about it.
    What I would advise is use only one device for Yahoo mail and avoid using the same username and password in multiple devices.
    If you get something unusual in the font facies or name of the Yahoo mail or any doubt of that nature then please uninstall the Yahoo app and again load it from Google Play and login and stay logged in continuously.

    Another simple point I would like to mention is (which we all might be already aware) that 'yahoo.com' and 'yahoo.co.in' both belong to Yahoo but they are different from the aspect of creating email accounts in them.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #778692

    Points:5
    I am a regular user of Yahoo Mail. I will not log out daily and use my laptop or the Yahoo mail app on my mobile. But occasionally when I open the mail on some other device then it may ask for all these details and sometimes not. But I will receive a mail saying that somebody opened the mail on a new device from a new place. The same is the case with G Mail also. Why it is asked every time the author is not known. Yahoo Mail so far has never given me such puzzles. It tests whether we are humans or not and then sends an OTP to our mobile. This is my experience.
    Cyber crimes are increasing and many times people face problems like hacking etc. That is why many sites are making more stringent rules and making many new procedures for logging in. One way that is very good and we should welcome such steps. But the procedure should not test our patience. So the procedures should be reasonably safe.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #778699

    Points:4
    Whenever a cyber criminal uses a device and logs in our email accounts by either using our username and password or some other fraudulent way then the platform does not know whether the person is a genuine one or not. So it will ask some questions and verify the user. Once satisfied it will allow to move ahead. That is the precaution these big sites are taking.
    So, changing our device and doing log in is the starting point of all the doubts and that is to be resolved.
    Today, I opened my Yahoo mail just to check the status and it asked me to confirm the mobile number as shown on the screen. I simply pressed the confirm button and it allowed me to go ahead. So, these sites have become over cautious in wake of the increasing frauds in internet.
    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #778714

      

    Points:5
    From time to time, websites update many things inside and also the looks and because of this we experience some changes in the login page. The same is applicable in the case of web browsers. There is nothing to worry about as long as you type or visit the same URL of reputed sites. For example, as long as you are visiting https://www.yahoo.com/ there are no issues even if the looks are little modified. But you need to be cautious so that you do not land to a different page by typing a wrong URL. The regular verification process will go away if you do not clear the saved passwords of your gmail or yahoo accounts. If you regularly clear them then the browser will delete everything and the domains will treat your login as a fresh one and will continue with its verification process in multiple steps.
    Sankalan

    "Life is easier when you enjoy what you do"

  • #778716

    Points:5
    Sankalan Bhattacharya vide post #778714: "The regular verification process will go away if you do not clear the saved passwords of your gmail or yahoo accounts. If you regularly clear them then the browser will delete everything and the domains will treat your login as a fresh one and will continue with its verification process in multiple steps." -

    Yes I frequently clear my browsing history and do not save passwords at all. This is because I do my banking transaction in the same PC and sometimes when I face some issues the banks advised me to clar history/cookies and the log in fresh. I am having this habit. That can be one reason.

    But today also when the site asked for the OTP, I received a suspicious giving alpha numerical message in my mobile. I got suspicious and terminated my login process. Then I cleared my browsing data in the browser and again attempted. This time the usual OTP of 6 digits came. Today it did not give any puzzles and straightaway it gave the security check up clearance asked to continue.

    But even though I ticked the 'stay verified' when I logged in later another time, it again asked for OTP verification which was straight and easy that time.
    Let me watch in coming days and confirm.

  • #778724

    Points:4
    I am observing that nowadays most of the people do not logout (especially in mobile devices) from the apps and just minimise the screen or close it. They are using a good number of apps but all of them remain open. In some apps if activity is not there then the server itself logs out us but there are many apps like shopping apps which remain active. So, many people find that convenient and easy but from security point of view it is better to logout and then login everytime. Another thing is very few people regularly clear the cache and clean the device with system cleaner or some other installed app. Most of them do it only when some alert message is there or the device becomes too slow to work.
    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #778749

      

    Points:5
    Venkiteswaran sir @ #778716, you can try using a couple of browsers for your activities—for example, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Keep one reserved for only banking and financial transactions where there is no need to store any password and use the other browser for other online activities like checking your emails, etc. You can keep the passwords saved in that browser and choose the option to remember your credentials on that device. I am sure you are using an original anti-virus for your Desktop/Laptop.

    You mentioned the suspicious alphanumeric messages as a part of verification. If the source of the message is from the bank, you can easily detect it from the Sender ID of the bank from previous messages, and not from any unknown mobile number then there is no need to worry about it. The combination of OTPs may vary from sender to sender depending on their algorithm and each time you press to resend the OTP the combination will change.
    Sankalan

    "Life is easier when you enjoy what you do"

  • #778751

    Points:3
    Thank you all members for your valid suggestions and guidance.
    Today I could login to Yahoo Mail without any hassles.

    Yes, I am using originally purchased Anti Virus security as well as original Windows too.
    The suspicion was not of any bank's OTP, but the OTP purported to be of Yahoo verification. But as a precaution, I terminated the process and later on after clearing history and cookies, I could get the genuine OTP ,pattern of which I was familiar with.

    I hope it is okay now, However this thread discussion may be of help to others also as it has some useful suggestions from members.


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