How to change a confidential question in the World

How to change a confidential question in the World

For the purpose of increasing the level of security of your mailbox and access to your account in social network "My World" it is recommended to change the confidential question necessary for recovery of the lost or forgotten password from time to time.

Instruction

1. Think whether you will use a standard set of the confidential questions offered by the mail and social www.mail.ru resource this time, or you will think up the. In the second case the probability of illegal access to your mailbox and, respectively, to the account in "my World" goes down. Though, of course, here everything depends also on that how intricate question you managed to think up.

2. Write this question and the answer to it in the daily log or a notepad not to forget. Do not save it in the computer at all (even in files to which only the administrator, that is you has access).

3. Gather in an address bar of your www.mail.ru browser, enter the login and the password and enter mail. If you connected Mail.Ru the Agent, come into mail directly through it (in this case you will not need to enter the login and the password again).

4. Refer to the section "Password recovery" (http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/userinfo?). If you entered this address into a line of the browser, for access to the page you will need to enter the password and the login.

5. Select one of standard questions from a drop-down list or enter the, having selected The Question item. Specify the correct answer to a question. Check whether really the answer corresponds to a question (it is necessary in order that you could remember, if necessary, at once it).

6. Enter the alphanumeric code which you will see on the picture. The code needs to be entered Latin letters without spaces (the register does not matter). If you do not see the picture, click on the link "I Do Not See the Code". Check whether demonstration of pictures is included in your browser (the menu "Service", In the addition tab or similar points, depending on what browser you use).

7. To confirm changes, enter the current password (the password for access to a mailbox). Press the Save button.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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