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Preferences Community Newsletters Log Out. Written by David Meyer , Freelance reporter. David Meyer Freelance reporter David Meyer is a freelance technology journalist. You should not even run it on your main computer unless it is in a VM. No problems you have can be blamed on Microsot. Did you read the EULA and release notes? There are many warnings to that effect. YOU allowed these things to happen by not paying attention. Great response. I would like to add that the user should run a full virus scan of their computer using more then one security client to ensure that their own computer has not become a bot or is hacked.
While the e-mail account may be the only account hacked your computer may also be infected and that is how they got your password in the first place. Although less necessary on later, faster computers, it can be helpful in ensuring that Broken Links are not accumulating. Take a good look at old emails accumulating in your account or on your PC.
Get rid of the majority. My mom gets an email that says windows live is having problems with spammers and fake accounts, and wants her to fill in her name, username, password and reply back via email. The other 3 of us did not get this same email-so we knew it was a hoax right away. What on earth does anyone but you need your password for? What do you need your password for?
To log into your account. Otherwise, never, never never give out your password. At least, do a little research! You would have found out that Hotmail is the most hacked e-mail service and for that fact makes a great disposable e-mail address. Change your profile info every month or two with Hotmail and Yahoo mail. G-mail, not so often. Maybe every months. What does this mean and what should I do? If there is only one option on that list it may insert it directly in that field.
In that case just keep typing and the options will disappear. This not only works for email addresses but many other fields, such as name, address etc. Read the comments concerning mail account having a virus and I realize that email accounts do not get a virus but a computer does. My problem is a little different, no one has hacked into my email and sent things to my addresses. Some messages have replicated 3 times.
I have deleted emails from a total of only weeks later to find they are back and replicated yet again to total just an example. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it…. Hi i having problems people sending my emails i must stop sending rubbish, but i dont know what they talking about because in the first place i neva sending them any messages whatsoever.
What is the problem and how can i solve this problem. Christina This article gives some advice on what to do when that happens.
Hi, this has been going on for about two weeks actually, i can still log on my windows live Account but when i do i cant send any instant messages to anybody but i can recieve theirs.
Ive tried resetting the password and change the security password. I dont know what to do, please help, what should i do?
I dont want to close my account. This problebly solved it! Leo, I have the same problem of trashing my mail. I made a work-aroung so that now I get all my mail. I opened a g-mail account, and it transfers all my mail from my other accounts before they get a chance to be trashed.
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I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Did you read the article? The most likely culprit may be anti-virus software. Thanks Leo, You were spot on, it was an over-zealous message Rule. Thomas Reply. My mails seem to be deleting from my inbox and I have tried to use the above information and no of them has worked I am using outlook win xp sp2 and our network runs on SBS and we host our own Exchange mail server Reply.
But by far the most common scenario is that anti-malware tools are typically resonsible. Only download programs from sites that you trust. If you're not sure whether to trust a program that you want to download, enter the name of the program into your favorite search engine to see whether anyone else has reported that it contains spyware. Read all security warnings, license agreements, and privacy statements that are associated with any software that you download.
Never click "Agree" or "OK" to close a window that you suspect might be spyware. Be wary of popular "free" music and movie file-sharing programs, and make sure that you understand all the software packaged with those programs. Use a standard user account instead of an administrator account. An administrator account can access anything on the system, and any malware run with an administrator account can use the administrator permissions to potentially infect or damage any files on the system.
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This computer is infected by spyware and adware. Click Start , and then type Windows Update in the search box. In the results area, click Windows Update. Click Check for Updates. Follow the instructions to download and install the latest Windows Updates.
Restart your computer. When you see the computer's manufacturer's logo, repeatedly press the F8 key. Click the Shortcut tab. Click Open File Location.
Right-click the folder, and then click Delete. Click the Download Now button, and then click Run. Follow the instructions to scan your computer and help remove the rogue security software. Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful?
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