Follow Up form hotmail account being hacked

[G18241]

After you format, how long before this type of thing happens again? Do some research on securing your OS , e.g. not running as Administrator.

well ive formatted now, cant say ive ever heard of running under something aoised to admin, care to shed any light on that?

 

[G18241]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/advanced/useraccount.mspx

Running as a limited user will prevent a lot of malware from operating because they are denied access to system areas. It won't stop everything but it will greatly reduce the amount of damage they can do.

Good firewall and antivirus packages provide additional defensive layers.

If you have wireless internet, lock that down too.

Personally, I dual boot and do all my financial transactions under a base install of Arch Linux with just Firefox and Open Office installed. That way, I don't have to concern myself with any of the Windows malware and their numerous attack vectors.

so just have a seperate log on for using, and then only sign into the admin one to install stuff?

 

[G18241]

When I had mine hacked they sent me link to reset the password. Then when I changed the password it got hacked gain. So I used the same link to reset the password. After that its be fine. Maybe this guy had a link he used again to reset the password?

hmm possibly, we are just being passed form pillar to post now been through about 4 departments all asking us daft question like " are you sure you have tried the forgotten password link "...looking into buying a domain now anyways