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AlanYork · 17-06-2005, 13:27

I just got a reply back from MSN...they actually wanted me to open the spam email purporting to be from myself!!! Now OK, I may be a novice and I will say that in the short time I've had a pc I've had a few teething problems, but even I know not to open e mails and attachments if you dont know who has sent it!!!

Apparently I'm selling myself Diet pills!!??.......hmmm or a virus or a Trojan if I open the attachment I think. MSN tech suport tell me that will help trace the sender or see if it has a false header. Actually its irrelevant as I deleted it, but I was horrified at their suggestion.

Bit of a dilemma really. I like hotmail, it's easy to use but I've kinda lost faith in it a bit, there have been a few problems of late, not least of which is constantly being asked to verify my ID. If a hacker had hijacked it however, that would explain a lot, certainly that.

Now I've zapped the keylogger and changed the password I'm hoping things should be back to normal. However I do have a German e mail address (I have a flat in Berlin) provided by GMX. That's great, secure and efficient, it's just a hassle that everything is in German, which I speak, but not well.

The GMX one hasn't been hacked, I know that for definate, so, can I ask for an opinion...if it was you guys and ladies would you ditch hotmail completely and switch to GMX or would you assume hotmail is fine again now?

I'm kinda attached to hotmail, I've always used it as its so simple but you need to be able to trust it don't you. I will say that I don't use outlook, NTL mail or anything like that. I keep things simple. I just log into hotmail on the msn site, pick up mail, send mail and log off...that's it. Same with GMX. I would have to keep my hotmail address to keep MSN messenger, but my question is, stick with hotmail as the address for all my contacts or switch to GMX? I only want and need one email address to write from and be written to.

17-06-2005, 13:27	#15
AlanYork cf.addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 178	Re: Hacked I just got a reply back from MSN...they actually wanted me to open the spam email purporting to be from myself!!! Now OK, I may be a novice and I will say that in the short time I've had a pc I've had a few teething problems, but even I know not to open e mails and attachments if you dont know who has sent it!!! Apparently I'm selling myself Diet pills!!??.......hmmm or a virus or a Trojan if I open the attachment I think. MSN tech suport tell me that will help trace the sender or see if it has a false header. Actually its irrelevant as I deleted it, but I was horrified at their suggestion. Bit of a dilemma really. I like hotmail, it's easy to use but I've kinda lost faith in it a bit, there have been a few problems of late, not least of which is constantly being asked to verify my ID. If a hacker had hijacked it however, that would explain a lot, certainly that. Now I've zapped the keylogger and changed the password I'm hoping things should be back to normal. However I do have a German e mail address (I have a flat in Berlin) provided by GMX. That's great, secure and efficient, it's just a hassle that everything is in German, which I speak, but not well. The GMX one hasn't been hacked, I know that for definate, so, can I ask for an opinion...if it was you guys and ladies would you ditch hotmail completely and switch to GMX or would you assume hotmail is fine again now? I'm kinda attached to hotmail, I've always used it as its so simple but you need to be able to trust it don't you. I will say that I don't use outlook, NTL mail or anything like that. I keep things simple. I just log into hotmail on the msn site, pick up mail, send mail and log off...that's it. Same with GMX. I would have to keep my hotmail address to keep MSN messenger, but my question is, stick with hotmail as the address for all my contacts or switch to GMX? I only want and need one email address to write from and be written to.