Thread: Hotmail login problem

Maybe you've been hacked? I keep getting spam from a friend of mines' hotmail account. Maybe there is someone hacking them and then using the personal addresses for spam purposes.

Actually I just googled it and apparently this is quite common. Sounds like you need to try and contact them to sort it out.

My Hotmail is hacked for SPAM

Apparently they turn the password tool on and go till they get your account, and then they change the password. Very Nasty.

Never use a password that is a word and the longer the better. With a strong long password it changes the task from hard to virtually impossible.

Thanks for that CR.

Frustrating as her password was more than 10 letters and not a dictionary word.

We are going to email microsoft and see what happens. several reports on there seem to suggest they can sort it out.

Rgds
Pete

I'm having troubles with my Hotmail email aswell, i click to check my emails and an error page comes up
Could be our computer though

CHEERS TIM.

I occasionally get a problem were it tells me my information is wrong. Be it password or Id.

I try several times but cant get in. Then suddenly I can.
Dont have a long password but it is unusual and has numbers too.

Chilly

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Thanks for that CR.

Frustrating as her password was more than 10 letters and not a dictionary word.

We are going to email microsoft and see what happens. several reports on there seem to suggest they can sort it out.

Rgds
Pete

WOW. That makes me wonder whether their database was hacked rather than hacking the accounts with a password cracker. You would think they would lock it anyway after 3 attempts?

I found this guy who had his paypal account done also after they got his email

scary really. makes me think I may change all mine to something more complicated.

I will update the thread with the outcome. Microsoft say they will try to reply within 24 hours so lets wait and see.

Pete

My father clicked on the wrong email and gave away his hotmail password.

All of his contacts received the, 'I'm in London, lost my wallet, send me money', email.

There's a link somewhere buried in there to go through a more detailed verification process, do it from your home computer - or most frequently used, because I think part of it was ip checking.

Huge pain, moved them over to Gmail, changed every password they owned.

Logged back in to hotmail to transfer over all the old mail, done, tried to log in a couple of days later and it was hacked again.

All would have been fine, except my father's wife turns out to be the only person on earth who has a problem with Gmail.

Simon

I have two hotmail accounts and not had a problem....

She definitely didn't have the caps lock on did she