my bloody computer is under attack. Someone must have guessed my hotmail password and has currently changed it. I've already tried to change it to a very strong password (including caps, numebers and symbols) but it has already been taken again. My last hope is my secret question but i think it's compromised as well.

Anyone has any idea how to solve this problem? im thinking in mailing hotmail about my account, but i dont know what else to do. Any help is appreciated. I dont know if i might have a keylogger or trojan or something. It doesnt make sense, i've been very careful. I use firefox, have both avast and spybot installed... wtf?????

TheMango

United States1967 Posts

December 28 2008 05:17 GMT

probably keylogger/trojan on your PC. Maybe change your PW on a different PC, then go back and reformat asap :o

Cloud

Sexico5880 Posts

December 28 2008 05:19 GMT

Use a different comp to fix your stuff.

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

December 28 2008 05:22 GMT

Have you tried making another account such as on gmail or yahoo?

IzzyCraft

United States4487 Posts

December 28 2008 05:26 GMT

upgrade to live mail.

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

December 28 2008 05:59 GMT

On December 28 2008 14:26 IzzyCraft wrote:
upgrade to live mail.

How does this solve the problem? I'm seriously curious.

funkie

Venezuela9376 Posts

December 28 2008 06:09 GMT

On December 28 2008 14:59 Cambium wrote:

Show nested quote +

How does this solve the problem? I'm seriously curious.

Yeah, since they use the same service and passwords..

Anyways, change your password, since if they can get your pass so quick, is as one person said above, a Keylogger.

Change your password from another computer, and do not sign in in yours, format or try to get an antispyware or some good stuff.

Spybot (Search and Destroy) works charms.

renegade_zerg

Korea (South)525 Posts

December 28 2008 06:15 GMT

probably got ur pw with a keylogger from ur web browsers. This has been happening a lot lately with game id/password and emails. Thats why microsoft and firefox made new security updates

IzzyCraft

United States4487 Posts

December 28 2008 06:19 GMT

Hotmail has always been targeted for scams and spam. 123@live and 123@hotmail are strictly different accounts. In general i just meant to change your email without really changing much.

Hotmail carrys a stigma like Vista even if it works just fine now.

mIsUZu

New Zealand528 Posts

December 28 2008 07:35 GMT

#10

i'm quite certain its some kind of trojan that keeps sending your info (ie. passwords and other data) to whoever on the net.

clean format and reinstall is the way to go imo

Yogurt

United States4258 Posts

December 28 2008 07:37 GMT

#11

change to gmail

or if thats not an option, email or call up hotmail and try to get something done

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

December 28 2008 07:43 GMT

#12

Download a bootable linux cd. Burn the cd. Boot from the cd. Change your password. Get rid of the spy software on your computer.

jjun212

Canada2208 Posts

December 28 2008 07:46 GMT

#13

yea,

worldofwarcraft has been warning users of this.

basically get all the new updates from the browser companies
run antivirus

restart computer, change all current passwords

that is the basic good start to this problem.. ><

Bill307

Canada9103 Posts

December 28 2008 08:49 GMT

#14

Are you connected to the 'net via an unsecured wireless connection? If there is no encryption on a wireless connection (excluding WEP, since it is broken and is probably next to useless), then literally anyone within wireless range can see everything you send and receive online, in plain text, including passwords (unless you're using SSL, i.e. https).

I personally think it is a keylogger as well, but a neighbour snooping on your wireless connection is another possibility.

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

December 28 2008 09:08 GMT

#15

On December 28 2008 15:09 funkie wrote:
Spybot (Search and Destroy) works charms.

Spybot doesn't really catch some of the more tough spyware, I'd recommend using SuperAntiSpyware instead.