Hacking, wore me out but I still have questions....

If you only log in using your own, home computer, it doesn't matter too much if you simply close the site without logging out. Most secure sites (such as banking sites) will log you out automatically after a certain time of inactivity. If you are using a computer which other people use, then it IS important to log out as soon as you have finished using the site. It's also important to remember to UNcheck the "Remember me on this computer" when you log in (and it's also advisable to clear the cookies for your session if you are using a shared Windows account). One of the commonest ways that a hacker can gain access to ALL your accounts is when you use one password for all of them, so if a hacker knows one password he will find it very easy to log into many other of your accounts. You may find it a headache to give each account a different (and 'strong') password but you really SHOULD do it! There are various ways of creating both memorable and strong passwords and there are various ways of remembering them. I use a facility called "LastPass" which is a site which stores all my passwords securely and encrypted. I log into it with one VERY strong password (though I would never do so on a machine which I suspected had a keylogger installed) and from there I can access all my accounts without difficulty. There are several other reputable password storage sites. You could also keep a small notebook in which you keep your passwords but it's best to encode them in some way that only you can easily decipher in case you lose the notebook or it is stolen.

Lol! i dont know who but my paypa account password was hacked by someone. I am stil wondering how this can happen. I am glad that in my paypal their was only 0.00$. haha i fooled the hacker. Now i just changed it

The highly secure site that I use (bank and a safe email site) ask me to close the browser after I log off. This is something that my husband always tells me, I confess I never asked the reason, I will.

@AbbyGreenhill I asked, I try to resume: "Even when you log off, data can be cached and the browser could store it as long as it is not closed. A hacker could theoretically go back to the login page and access your data, this without having to provide a username and password." From now on I will close the browser.

I would maybe consider installing a spyware program, sometimes that can copy your passwords.

That's good to know, I thought just closing it was good enough, I learn something new everyday.

What a palaver that must have been, glad you found out about it. That's one of the reasons that I don't bank or shop online.