Hotmail acct. jacked???

jerkin · Mar 30, 2011

Hey guys the other day I received an email on my disposable hotmail account from me to myself and a few other people on my contacts list. It was a link to some arizonanewcardiscounts page. I proceeded to clear my history, temp internet files, etc. Ran CCleaner, updated and ran superantispyware and ran a complete avast scan. Nothing came up with the scans and I haven't had any weird emails since. Do you guys think I cleared it or do I need to go further and run all the stuff in the malware removal guide?

FYI, I normally stay signed in to my hotmail account and I'm thinking that's not a good idea any more. Not sure if that had anything to do with it or not.

TimW · Mar 30, 2011

The best thing to do is to use a different computer and change your password. Make sure it is a strong one.

You can read up on this here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/07/07/hotmail-hacked-take-these-steps.aspx

If you continue to have problems, do the Read and Run First instructions.

jerkin · Mar 30, 2011

Thanks Tim, I never thought to change my password, duh! Glad I posted, I guess I'll just keep an eye on it.

TimW · Mar 31, 2011

Let me know if you continue to have issues.

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