Solve : My Email got hijacked by Super-Hackers?

1.	Solve : My Email got hijacked by Super-Hackers?
Answer» Hi, I use my main hotmail account for my email but lately I've been getting some seriously bad spam mail (8!!!) Messages a day, and they don't get filtered as the filter get's too confused and it's mainly bad spam... These suckers must've been some super hackers because the addresses they're sent from, are complete gibberish! The sites and addresses don't even exist, like; [email protected] and [email protected] What the heck? How can I stop this spam email?? I've tried blocking them but they just keep coming back, I've reported this to MS and Hotmail live TEAM, I'm not sure how I can block it, they come in with subjects like [email protected] and CIAL1$ 4 FREE and many of the time they come at 4 at a time... Can anyone help? I can't add a filter in hotmail so I'm looking for a good mail client, but that's not my priority right now. My question is WHY am I getting spam email from random addresses, (Why are they random email addresses? Who are these 'people' if they are even people at all or just spambots from hackers)? and HOW the heck can I sort out this junk mail and attempt to permanently block them and STOP all of this junk mail I'm recieving? Thanks.. I appreciate your help guys. As to the "why" there can be many reasons and are usually a consequence of your own interactions on the Internet. However as to how you can get rid of them in hotmail stop using that account. Create a new one with a different name and password. That will only be affective for an unknown period and will ultimately be SPAMMED also. How soon largely depends on your internet habits. If you want to provide a higher level of security you could use Outlook Express. When and if the spam level becomes a problem in OE then you go to your ISP and change the account number (changing the password will have limited effect--the account needs to be changed). Also with OE you can preempt your mail by downloading a free program called "Mail Washer" and have it receive all your OE e-mail and it is supposed to keep viruses from infecting your computer by isolating them within MW from which you have a variety of options including previewing them and deleting from MW. It has many other features as well. There may be other e-mail clients available that also can provide more security than a hot mail account. Having a hot mail account with a restricted amount of people knowing of it's existence will also help. As well you can exercise some influence by doing or not doing certain practices when using the internet. Your problem is universal and is basically impossible to totally eliminate it can only be controlled to a certain degree. truenorth P.S. NEVER reply to a spam e-mail by asking to be deleted from their mailings. Quote My question is WHY am I getting spam email from random addresses, (Why are they random email addresses? Who are these 'people' if they are even people at all or just spambots from hackers)? BASED on your description, you're getting some spam generated by spambots. How did it get started? Well, I suspect you've been too careless about exposing your email address in too many places or too many ways. For example, new members of this forum will occasionally put their email address in a message posted here in the forum. That's a way to get your email address exposed to spammers. That's why those addresses get removed by one of the moderators in this forum, with a note telling the member not to put their email address in forum messages. Do you send and receive email from numerous friends who may have shared the same messages with other people they know, and these messages often include the email addresses of many people to the message has been circulated? That's a bad practice. Email users should get in the habit removing all addresses embedded in such messages and using the BCC (Blind Courtesy Copy) email send technique which allows sending to multiple recipients without exposing the address of all the recipients. And, ask people with you share emails to do the same. You'll surely have to change email addresses to get a fresh start and escape the spam you're receiving. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Have you used an email account provided by them? If not, why? Many ISP's, especially larger ones, filter out spam generated by spambots or mass-mail spammers. I've been using the same email address with my ISP for years now and do not have a spam problem. Quote My Email got hijacked by Super-Hackers As opposed to those crappy one of the mill regular hackers. Just pray to god you don't get HACKED by a Premium or high-octane Hacker. Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 23, 2010, 12:29:12 PM As opposed to those crappy one of the mill regular hackers. Just pray to god you don't get hacked by a Premium or high-octane Hacker. Well BC_P , that made me chuckle. overthehill

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Hi, I use my main hotmail account for my email but lately I've been getting some seriously bad spam mail (8!!!) Messages a day, and they don't get filtered as the filter get's too confused and it's mainly bad spam...

These suckers must've been some super hackers because the addresses they're sent from, are complete gibberish! The sites and addresses don't even exist, like; [email protected] and [email protected] What the heck?

How can I stop this spam email?? I've tried blocking them but they just keep coming back, I've reported this to MS and Hotmail live TEAM, I'm not sure how I can block it, they come in with subjects like [email protected] and CIAL1$ 4 FREE and many of the time they come at 4 at a time...

Can anyone help? I can't add a filter in hotmail so I'm looking for a good mail client, but that's not my priority right now.

My question is WHY am I getting spam email from random addresses, (Why are they random email addresses? Who are these 'people' if they are even people at all or just spambots from hackers)? and HOW the heck can I sort out this junk mail and attempt to permanently block them and STOP all of this junk mail I'm recieving?

Thanks.. I appreciate your help guys. As to the "why" there can be many reasons and are usually a consequence of your own interactions on the Internet. However as to how you can get rid of them in hotmail stop using that account. Create a new one with a different name and password. That will only be affective for an unknown period and will ultimately be SPAMMED also. How soon largely depends on your internet habits. If you want to provide a higher level of security you could use Outlook Express. When and if the spam level becomes a problem in OE then you go to your ISP and change the account number (changing the password will have limited effect--the account needs to be changed). Also with OE you can preempt your mail by downloading a free program called "Mail Washer" and have it receive all your OE e-mail and it is supposed to keep viruses from infecting your computer by isolating them within MW from which you have a variety of options including previewing them and deleting from MW. It has many other features as well. There may be other e-mail clients available that also can provide more security than a hot mail account. Having a hot mail account with a restricted amount of people knowing of it's existence will also help. As well you can exercise some influence by doing or not doing certain practices when using the internet. Your problem is universal and is basically impossible to totally eliminate it can only be controlled to a certain degree. truenorth
P.S. NEVER reply to a spam e-mail by asking to be deleted from their mailings. Quote

My question is WHY am I getting spam email from random addresses, (Why are they random email addresses? Who are these 'people' if they are even people at all or just spambots from hackers)?

BASED on your description, you're getting some spam generated by spambots. How did it get started? Well, I suspect you've been too careless about exposing your email address in too many places or too many ways. For example, new members of this forum will occasionally put their email address in a message posted here in the forum. That's a way to get your email address exposed to spammers. That's why those addresses get removed by one of the moderators in this forum, with a note telling the member not to put their email address in forum messages.

Do you send and receive email from numerous friends who may have shared the same messages with other people they know, and these messages often include the email addresses of many people to the message has been circulated? That's a bad practice. Email users should get in the habit removing all addresses embedded in such messages and using the BCC (Blind Courtesy Copy) email send technique which allows sending to multiple recipients without exposing the address of all the recipients. And, ask people with you share emails to do the same.

You'll surely have to change email addresses to get a fresh start and escape the spam you're receiving. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Have you used an email account provided by them? If not, why? Many ISP's, especially larger ones, filter out spam generated by spambots or mass-mail spammers. I've been using the same email address with my ISP for years now and do not have a spam problem. Quote

My Email got hijacked by Super-Hackers

As opposed to those crappy one of the mill regular hackers.

Just pray to god you don't get HACKED by a Premium or high-octane Hacker. Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 23, 2010, 12:29:12 PM

As opposed to those crappy one of the mill regular hackers.

Just pray to god you don't get hacked by a Premium or high-octane Hacker.

Well BC_P , that made me chuckle. overthehill

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