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| Thread ID: 121780 | 2011-11-13 01:44:00 | Hotmail account sending out spam | nedkelly (9059) | Press F1 |
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| 1243275 | 2011-11-13 01:44:00 | Hey my friends email account is sending out spam, not sure if it was hacked or something. What would be the recommendations apart from new email address? |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1243276 | 2011-11-13 02:01:00 | Change the password would be a good start... | Disco_Dan (16576) | ||
| 1243277 | 2011-11-13 10:18:00 | Would it really be that simple? | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1243278 | 2011-11-13 20:37:00 | Happened to me twice... First time, I changed the password. Was ok for quite some time. Second time, I realized I'd since changed the password back to the original one. Since changing it for the second time, I've had no problems. During the first episode, I'd lost a week or more of emails but the folks at Windows live center were helpful in retrieving the lost items plus my address book. So top marks for Windows Live Center:) .... and no points for malicious spammers:ban. |
Tbird650 (6754) | ||
| 1243279 | 2011-11-14 04:25:00 | Is it the hotmail account that is compromised or the computer. It is more common to see a computer is infected and sending the spam via the account than it is to see the actual account hacked. Important to find out which one for sure, as if you change the password on the account but the computer has a keylogger this will not help. |
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