Email hacked
- Thread starter King.
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Just ditch it. Why conduct any more business on an account that has been compromised? It isn't worth the risk. Grab a gmail account with 2 step verification and be done with it.
If you have anything that matters going to a Hotmail account, then it's your own fault. I understand wanting to keep a 10 year old account live, but if losing it poses a security risk or causes a problem for you it's your own fault. You've been on the internet long enough to know better than to be using Hotmail as a central part of your internet life.
Who said I use it for business? I use it for personal, and fuck all you douchebags that keep saying 'who uses hotmail', it's just as safe as any other email client but obviously not 'as cool' among you assholes. If you have security concerns, there's no reason to ditch hotmail because it's not like anything else is more secure.
I came in here asking for input on how this could have happened. Instead I got a bunch of 'it's your own fault' and 'you should have known better'. Well fuck me, if that's your idea of constructive advice then I wouldn't have bothered.
I have experience with software keyloggers myself, a keylogger is the last thing that this would be. They are piss easy to detect.
I came in here asking for input on how this could have happened. Instead I got a bunch of 'it's your own fault' and 'you should have known better'. Well fuck me, if that's your idea of constructive advice then I wouldn't have bothered.
I have experience with software keyloggers myself, a keylogger is the last thing that this would be. They are piss easy to detect.
Exactly. The bottom line is you are a fucking retard. Thanks for the -rep, I see you will last a long time here.
well your best bet would be to contact support. a friend lost her account recently and contacted supported, they asked a few questions and she was able to get it back. Good luck.
^^ Yep some good funny shit to be sure. Like they'll get a team right on your free email account. lol.
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It's nothing to do with being "secure", or "cool". It just so happens that if you own your own shit, you can't be locked out... You own and maintain the backend. With Hotmail et al, you own fuck all and you're at the mercy of someone else. Someone who, in this instance, like almost any provider of free email, couldn't really give 2 shits about you getting locked out.
Now you may like to throw insults around about how we're being derogatory and righteous, but it's Teh Internetz 101. If you care about your email you make sure it's under your control and not someone else's. Safe guards are required and to leave such tiny, trivial matters in the hands of a company that provides free email is the problem.
HTTPS bug temporarily disrupts secure Hotmail access | ZDNet UK
related?
affected several countries (not US)
related?
affected several countries (not US)
I never said it wasn't my fault. It's just dumb how people keep saying that as if it's gonna solve anything. I've got over a dozen different emails, most are on my own domains. But I didn't expect this to happen since I'm not exactly a computer noob.
Windows live has a recovery section where they try and verify you're the account owner. It's supposed to take up to 24 hours to hear back. Will post if I manage to resolve this.
I wish it was.
Given your arrogance, I'd say you've been keylogged. Also, not all email providers are the same dumb ass. Gmail has 2 step authentication nowadays which is ideal for dumbasses like yourself who get keylogged. Also, change your password from god, I know you watched hackers...
It's not a keylogger. I'm sure of it. You know, hotmail made a big mistake with the 'secret question' shambles. All it takes to change the password is to answer their secret question and you get to change the password.
This extremely bad 'security' measure, is in fact a vulnerability.
There's a good chance someone who knows you will be able to answer your secret question. And if they don't know you, someone can make you give it away with ease. For example one of the security questions is pets name. If you opened an account years ago chances are you won't think anything of someone chatting to you showing an interest in your awesome pet dog, which as you've already pointed out and much to their delight, is called 'Max'.
It's incredible just how easily you can get access to friends' hotmail accounts, most of the secret questions are simple if you know the person.
So to all you people that said hotmail sucks but gave no fuckin explanation other than a smart ass comment, here's one you can use.
This extremely bad 'security' measure, is in fact a vulnerability.
There's a good chance someone who knows you will be able to answer your secret question. And if they don't know you, someone can make you give it away with ease. For example one of the security questions is pets name. If you opened an account years ago chances are you won't think anything of someone chatting to you showing an interest in your awesome pet dog, which as you've already pointed out and much to their delight, is called 'Max'.
It's incredible just how easily you can get access to friends' hotmail accounts, most of the secret questions are simple if you know the person.
So to all you people that said hotmail sucks but gave no fuckin explanation other than a smart ass comment, here's one you can use.
Somebody must have gotten ahold of your information or guessed the password. I've never had this happen to me, so I don't know.
Holy shit - you guessed my dog's name on the first try.... changing my Hotmail secret answer now
Agreed. Yahoo mail FTW. Enough of this "you use and older established form of webmail than gmail so you're a n00b" bullshit. At least yahoo isn't to cool to get rid of the option of HAVING FOLDERS. I mean, seriously... how fucking presumptuous is google to figure, "well, we do search so people can just search through their mail." Yeah, they have the right, but who cares?
So take your 1,500 odd posts and be an ass elsewhere (or not at all?), Magic_Hat. I'm glad you can feel so goddamn superior.
Just so everyone knows msn does in fact have a support site to deal with these problems, and they responded to my email and the evidence I gave to prove I was the real owner and they gave me my account back within a few days.