Accounts Hotmail send email to all addresses in the address book when the PC is off.

Yesterday at about 7.25 GMT my hotmail address has been used to send emails 8, each of them the maximum number of addresses possible for a single e-mail, covering between them all the addresses in my address book.

Each of the 8 mails had an attachment, which resembled a hot link to the web. Each of the links 8 web was different, but all have the feb.php extension. People who have actually opened the emails said web pages did not exist yet, but no doubt the web link contained a malicious link.

One of the recipients was my wife, and today his hotmail address has been used in the same way. Between the whiles we had bought Spybot software and he had met PC everything and got rid of suspicious data, so I am puzzled that this always happening to my wife. I changed my hotmail password and it will soon change his, but all of our recipients will have to do the same thing, or is it too late?

It is a problem of e-mail accounthijack and spam emails sent to people in your contacts without your knowledge.

Section of audit of Solution:

http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?SolutionID=1fe6ed3e-eef6-4C57-933F-f3c408f1c5c1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316659 - -> Hotmail issues and Support information

Steps to follow:

Step 1: Report the incident

Contact the following authorities:

·        Report to the Yahoo Corp. on the scam.

·        In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission. Report the situation to theFTC: National Resource for Identity Theft.

·        You can also report the phishing scam to the Anti - Phishing Working Group and the FTC to * address email is removed from the privacy *.

Step 2: Change all of your passwords

·        Readingstrong passwords: how to create and use the.

·        Start with passwords that are associated with financial institutions or information.

Step 3: Use the tools updated

·        Install the latest email with spam and anti-phishing software, such as Microsoft Office Outlook or others to help identify and alert on suspicious emails.

·        Using theSmartScreen filter in Internet Explorer 8 to help detect dangerous and potentially dangerous Web sites when browsing.

You can also file a complaint withThe INTERNET CRIME COMPLAINT CENTER

http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/

Contact FBI (for more information visit the link below)

http://www.FBI.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm

Touhami

Tags: Windows

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