oi vey, the weekend I had. Emails and emails explaining to people NOT to open weird looking emails coming from my msn account. How do you explain to people that aren't alltogether computer savvy, that someone can actually gain access to your account without you knowing about it.
I have run every scan imaginable on my PC, and have created logs of recently modified registry entries to see if I can track down how they did this. But people are saying there is actually software online that can crack MSN like a wallnut.....
its not the best feeling in the world. I felt so "violated" lol knowing someone else was trawling around in my personal emails from family and friends. I mean Its my business if I was discussing aunt bessie's wart with a friend, not theirs (lol jokes).
All Jokes aside though, knowing what I know now? let me give you a few pearls of wisdom.
Everyone's heard the don't open weird looking emails right, in this case, the email literally comes from someone you know. Its an email with a link and a one liner. Click on the link and send your PC to valhalla.... for good. These links go straight to a page that contains viruses. SO be careful.
If you can set it so your password expires every 72 days, do that. It's much better than having to explain to everyone about how they got a virus from an email you sent.
Kick your PC antivirus software up a notch. My laptop is about to become Fort Knox, literally. Never keep accounts, banking details, or any other valuable information in emails. if they can hack your email, losh knows what else they can see while in there...
I really hope you guys never have to go through this. Its the worst kind of inconvenience. seriously.
Sympathies ... these things make you sadder if not always wiser! Linda CareersPartnershipUK
I've taken every precaution I can so far. Fort Knox is shaping up rather well.  Its like these kind of people are lacking morals. I mean who invades someones private life to spread viruses around? It's not logical. Thanks, Dreamraven
I think we should try to reduce the financial transaction from any computer or laptop even it is our own. Because day by day people are creating these kind of software which hack the computer or laptop. addyj672
“I think we should try to reduce the financial transaction from any computer or laptop even it is our own. Because day by day people are creating these kind of software which hack the computer or laptop.” from what I can tell, this didn't come from my computer at all. I have run scans, checked for registry changes, the works. I think the way this works is that people are coding software that hacks online. Maybe they hack peoples accounts at random, so that they can send their virus infested emails.  If I ever catch one.......... I really feel sorry for him/her.Thanks, Dreamraven
My Microsoft Hotmail account got hacked as well, a few months ago, sending virus links to all my contacts, very embarrasing  I reset my password, then deleted all contacts from hotmail and left an autoresponder - "My Hotmail is no longer in use and isn't monitored, if you want to contact me, fill in the contact form on my website and mark for the attention of me" Anyone that knows me will work it out, any one that doesn't, well I didn't need their email anyway On gmail I've just done this triple security thing with all my google accounts, recommend anyone else does the same as Gmail accounts have also been targeted. Just go into your gmail, and there will be a link there telling you how to increase your security. Basically you get sent a pin number via SMS, so a hacker would now also need your mobile, which makes it more secure.
is it a one time pin? or do you get a new one every time you log in? It would be good to know that I could protect my email that way. Pity msn never thought of that. Thanks, Dreamraven
“is it a one time pin? or do you get a new one every time you log in? It would be good to know that I could protect my email that way. Pity msn never thought of that.” I think it sends you a new pin every 30 or 60 days, but will also prompt you for a pin if you access your google accounts from another machine |
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