Hotmail and problems with spam this morning

NEH

mjmal51 wrote: »

I've followed the MSN Live Help on this since last week and not one person whose account was hacked has found any malware. When Live Help attempt to restore the missing e mails they find they can't because the info has been wiped from their server. This points to MSN not individual pcs.

Thanks that makes me feel a a little better....

I have noticed though when I checked my Windows defender it had switched itself off without warning. It appears to have happened at the same time as AVG version 9 was downloaded so maybe a potential conflict has occured. My husband checked his machine and his too had been switched off with no warning.

Switched it back on and running a full scan at the moment just to double check....Hopefully this time it'll stay on.

mjmal51

The full info on what to do if account is hijacked is here
http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/safety/archive/2009/04/29/recent-reports-of-account-hijacks.aspx

NEH

mjmal51 wrote: »

The full info on what to do if account is hijacked is here
http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/safety/archive/2009/04/29/recent-reports-of-account-hijacks.aspx

That's the page that had me worried that AVG wasn't picking up on a worm or a virus....:rotfl:

mjmal51

NEH wrote: »

That's the page that had me worried that AVG wasn't picking up on a worm or a virus....:rotfl:

I've checked with Spybot, Malwarebytes, Defender, Avast and none have found a problem. Unfortunately anybody who clicked on the link in the spam seem to have been infected with a worm, and they probably blame the sender of the e mail!

NEH

mjmal51 wrote: »

I've checked with Spybot, Malwarebytes, Defender, Avast and none have found a problem. Unfortuately anybody who clicked on the link in the spam seem to have been infected with a worm, and they probably blame the sender of the e mail!

and you can't contact them as your contacts have been deleted....

I can resurrect mine as it was going through outlook so maybe i should notify peeps...I have spoken to one or two but as they are old contacts I don't know whats what anymore...