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Posted 05 October 2009 - 07:34 PM



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Microsoft on Monday blocked access to thousands of Hotmail accounts in response to hackers plundering password information and posting it online.

Cyber-crooks evidently used "phishing" tactics to dupe users of Microsoft's free Web-based email service into revealing account and access information, according to the US technology giant.

"We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally by a phishing scheme and exposed on a website," Microsoft said in response to an AFP inquiry.

"We have taken measures to block access to all of the accounts that were exposed and have resources in place to help those users reclaim their accounts.


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Posted 05 October 2009 - 07:47 PM

Thanks for the info.
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Posted 06 October 2009 - 12:02 AM

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Posted 06 October 2009 - 06:26 AM

Mike have you ever heard of a computer being HI Jacked?

someone told a friend of mine that was what happened to his, and it will take about 5 hours to go in and try to get rid of the hijack..

and from the way the friend is having problems with his computer it sounded just like what happened to my laptop.
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Posted 06 October 2009 - 06:47 AM

QUOTE (Lady Raider @ Oct 6 2009, 07:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Mike have you ever heard of a computer being HI Jacked?

someone told a friend of mine that was what happened to his, and it will take about 5 hours to go in and try to get rid of the hijack..

and from the way the friend is having problems with his computer it sounded just like what happened to my laptop.


Yep, it is very common. The guaranteed way to get rid of it is to format the drive and reinstall Windows.
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