Forum: Bryce


Subject: OT: HOTMAIL HiJACKED VIRUS

3eighty opened this issue on Sep 15, 2010 · 9 posts


Rayraz posted Thu, 16 September 2010 at 5:52 AM

 Also, never open executable attachments.

And if you think someone might have gained access to your e-mail account (or any account on any website), take the following steps in order:

  1. first check if your backup account is correct (the account where new passwords will be sent to if you choose "i forgot my password")

  2. if your backup account has a backup account too, check if its adress is still correct.

  3. If your backup account has the same password as your hacked account, change the password of your backup account.

  4. Change the password of your hacked account to something other then the password of your backup account.

That way, if someone phished your password, you should have them locked out again.

Also, watch out with password re-use. I would suggest to use unique passwords, at least for your most important accounts (such as online banking). You wouldnt want a phished hotmail password to supply instant access to your bank account or such.

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