mickthetree
Established Member
I dont use my hotmail account these days. Gmail has been great for me for ages.
Got a all from a friend today to say he keeps getting spam emails coming from my hotmail account. Just logged in a sure enough there they are in the sent folder.
I have a very strong password, I never ever open attachments from people I dont know. Any even if I do know them I only ever open them if I'm expecting them. I dont download my mail to any PC, its purely a web based email account.
Had a quick google search and apparently its very common. Microsoft have even published a guide on how to fix it.
As I say I havent even used the account for ages. My pcs are all well protected and virus scanned daily.
I can only assume this is a bigger issue here. Maybe they have harvested email addresses and are running programs to crack the passwords?
Anyway, a heads up for anyone with a hotmail account.
Got a all from a friend today to say he keeps getting spam emails coming from my hotmail account. Just logged in a sure enough there they are in the sent folder.
I have a very strong password, I never ever open attachments from people I dont know. Any even if I do know them I only ever open them if I'm expecting them. I dont download my mail to any PC, its purely a web based email account.
Had a quick google search and apparently its very common. Microsoft have even published a guide on how to fix it.
As I say I havent even used the account for ages. My pcs are all well protected and virus scanned daily.
I can only assume this is a bigger issue here. Maybe they have harvested email addresses and are running programs to crack the passwords?
Anyway, a heads up for anyone with a hotmail account.