I have recently upgraded Hotmail to Skype as suggested by Microsoft. However, when I go into Hotmail the program automatically logs me into Hotmail with my username and password. How can I reset Hotmail to ask for my username and password when accessing Hotmail?
Had email containing the above code, however sender died 15 months ago, thought Hotmail accounts were closed after long period of non-use.
Apparently my acount was hacked today (03/23/2013), and lots of emails were sent to my contacts. I already changed my password but this is the second time that happens in about 15 months; in both occasions my PC was off, the first time I was checking my email during lunch from my WP7 when suddenly I started to see my emails disapering from my account, quickly I went online from a PC and part of my inbox and sent folder got deleted. This time (today) I was also using my WP7 when suddenly I received a lot of "Delivery Status Notification (Failure)" I checked my "sent folder" and there was lots of emails; basically all my contacts received emails with this text "%LINKRNDCHR,5,10%%".
Could this be a possible hijack from an App in my WP7?, to be honest I don't think this is possible because I don't have homebrew apps on my cellphone only Apps from the Marketplace. Maybe a malware on my PC, but this one was off and I my Security Essential is updated and I'm very careful when I'm installing software and with my firewall. Could this be a server related issue?
Anyway I have changed my password, but I'm really concerned about being the target of somebody trying to hack my accounts. I also have a live.com and outlook.com account but everything is normal with those accounts.
So would like to obtain an IP log history to check if the IPs match the ones I normally used. I would appreciate any help with this issue because I'm getting anxious about somebody stealing my personal or any sensitive information.
Thanks.
PS: Apparently this wasn't and isolated issue, doing a quick search in the forum I found several topics from people having the same problem on the same day. So please Microsoft guys let us know what happened. Time ago I had the same problem with my Facebook account and I got an IP Log history from them and there were several login attempts coming from Singapore, I was lucky that Facebook blocked them and no information was compromised, but in this case the hijack was actually able to access my Hotmail contacts, so if this was possible; it can also gain access to my emails or maybe my whole Microsoft Account (XBOX live, Marketplace, Billing Address, Credit Cards, SkyDrive, Calendars, etc.)
since hotmail upgraded their program I often recieve picture attachments upside down. I have queried the senders and they are puzzled. What's up?
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