The liklihood of your account being hacked, in the normal sense of the term, is very small. Anyone doing that would have to hack the Linden Lab servers, then find your account specifically and muddle around in it.......a griefer is not likly to do that. However, it is possible that someone logged into your account as your avatar. They already have half of what they need which is your name so all they have to do is find out your password and they can log in as you. I would change my password immediately to be safe.
Despite the fact that it is possible that someone guessed your password (I'm assuming you are not silly enough to have given your password to anyone), I don't think that's why your landmarks and animations are "missing". It's more likely that you have a corrupted cache. The best way to get your cache cleaned and loaded with all your inventory again is to manually delete it from your computer. In your preferences on the tab you use to clear your cache, you'll see where the cache is located on your computer in the box showing that location. Make a note of the location and log off or close your viewer if you haven't logged in. Navigate to that location on your computer and delete everything in the folder named "Cache". You can restart your computer if you like but it's not necessary. Log into SL but instead of logging in at your regular or normal log in place change the log in to a Linden maintained sim such as Pooley, Smith, Aqua or Lime. Once there take a couple steps away from the landing point to avoid being landed on by arriving avatars. Open your inventory and watch the items fetched counter......if it didn't start you can force it along by typing sever letters in the search box. Wait for the counter to fetch everything. It will say something like "6709 items fetched" when it's done. Your missing inventory items should be there.
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Peggy Paperdoll
The liklihood of your account being hacked, in the normal sense of the term, is very small. Anyone doing that would have to hack the Linden Lab servers, then find your account specifically and muddle around in it.......a griefer is not likly to do that. However, it is possible that someone logged into your account as your avatar. They already have half of what they need which is your name so all they have to do is find out your password and they can log in as you. I would change my password immediately to be safe.
Despite the fact that it is possible that someone guessed your password (I'm assuming you are not silly enough to have given your password to anyone), I don't think that's why your landmarks and animations are "missing". It's more likely that you have a corrupted cache. The best way to get your cache cleaned and loaded with all your inventory again is to manually delete it from your computer. In your preferences on the tab you use to clear your cache, you'll see where the cache is located on your computer in the box showing that location. Make a note of the location and log off or close your viewer if you haven't logged in. Navigate to that location on your computer and delete everything in the folder named "Cache". You can restart your computer if you like but it's not necessary. Log into SL but instead of logging in at your regular or normal log in place change the log in to a Linden maintained sim such as Pooley, Smith, Aqua or Lime. Once there take a couple steps away from the landing point to avoid being landed on by arriving avatars. Open your inventory and watch the items fetched counter......if it didn't start you can force it along by typing sever letters in the search box. Wait for the counter to fetch everything. It will say something like "6709 items fetched" when it's done. Your missing inventory items should be there.
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