Hacked

flashy · 02-10-2010, 20:14

if anyone has had an email from my hotmail account with just a link in it, don't click on the link, i didn't send it, think it's been hacked

sorry

Less · 02-10-2010, 20:21

I'm so glad I ignore you I'm so glad I ignore you I'm so glad I ignore you I'm so glad I ignore you I'm so glad I ignore you I'm so glad I ignore you I'm so glad I ignore you I'm so glad I ignore you I'm so glad I ignore you

Oh begger the first time I pay attention...

cashman · 02-10-2010, 23:03

i get loads of e-mails from meself shaz with orangemail, which i obviously never sent, dunno how to stop it, so mine may be hacked as well.

flashy · 03-10-2010, 07:38

Cashy, someone just told me that changing your password will help

LYNX1 · 03-10-2010, 07:51

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Originally Posted by cashman

i get loads of e-mails from meself shaz with orangemail, which i obviously never sent, dunno how to stop it, so mine may be hacked as well.

That's coz your billy no mates cashy

jaysay · 03-10-2010, 09:37

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Originally Posted by LYNX1

That's coz your billy no mates cashy

I like him LYNX

mattylad · 03-10-2010, 10:19

Yes - if you can still get into it then change your password.

Although it may just be that your being spoofed.

Retlaw · 03-10-2010, 11:03

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Originally Posted by flashy

if anyone has had an email from my hotmail account with just a link in it, don't click on the link, i didn't send it, think it's been hacked

sorry

My daughters hotmail account was hijack a month or two back, someone sending out mail in her name. I warned her &
she managed to get into her account and moved all her emails to a new account and shut the old one.
Silly me lookin for her new email address went and opened th spoof mail by mistake, bingo computer knackered, every thing went pear shaped. Sustem restore would'nt work rescue from disk failed had to reformat and start again.

Retlaw.

cashman · 03-10-2010, 12:11

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Originally Posted by mattylad

Although it may just be that your being spoofed.

Whats that mean? am totally stupid wi computers.

mattylad · 03-10-2010, 15:51

It means that someone may have sent the email to appear to be from your email address even though it was not. Less likely with hotmail given how easy it must be to hack it.

cashman · 03-10-2010, 22:14

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Originally Posted by mattylad

It means that someone may have sent the email to appear to be from your email address even though it was not. Less likely with hotmail given how easy it must be to hack it.

thats what i thought it could be, been happening fer well oer 12 months, dont suppose theres owt i can do about that, short of scrapping me addy n using a fresh one?

AngleIron · 04-10-2010, 09:03

use Thunderbird...it's more secure

mattylad · 04-10-2010, 18:33

FAB Virgil...

Thunderbird will do nowt for a web based email system as it is that, that gets hacked - not the pc.