OS: Hotmail account has been hacked!

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Registered: 07-23-2008
OS: Hotmail account has been hacked!
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Tue, 08-26-2008 - 3:38am
Just a quick warning....what with the ability to hijack hotmail accounts....I have been unfortunate to be on the recieving end of one of these attacks.

Ive been into my account and all my messages have been deleted - and not by me!

I thought id mention something about this.....

Could have been anyone with access to the internet....but I am now very weary of my emails not being safe?


LT xxx
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Registered: 02-09-2008
Tue, 08-26-2008 - 3:58am

LT that's scary. Make sure the account hasn't been linked to any others.

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Registered: 04-05-2007
Tue, 08-26-2008 - 8:08am

I'd start a new account. Try yahoo. Unlimited space - for free.

When you register, deliberately answer the questions wrong (like the security question, if you pick "mother's maiden name" or "father's middle name", answer it with something you'll remember, but not the true answer. Or birth date - pick another year, and remember what it is. Answer both those things incorrectly!) The reason is because, when someone breaks into your e-mail, they're pretending to be you forgetting your password. All they have to do is answer some questions that almost anyone who knows you well can answer, and they're in! If you deliberately answer incorrectly, they'll have no way of knowing what you said and they won't be able to get in.

Unless they have a password breaking program, and that's a whole other story.

Some would say that I fell from grace... but I didn't.

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Registered: 08-10-2007
Tue, 08-26-2008 - 11:17am

I know with my hotmail account, there is a box that says remember me (or something to that effect) that ALWAYS is checked.

 

 

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Registered: 08-26-2008
Tue, 08-26-2008 - 1:05pm


Hi

I'd agree with everyone else - get a new email account, use fake information for all of it. You may wanna try gmail over hotmail, it's meant to be pretty secure.

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