Undelivered mail ???

Keep getting notices on my hotmail account about undelivered mail which includes videos, I haven`t sent any so it must be a virus ?? doing avast scan and malware bytes but nothing showing, any ideas
.I thought first it was facebook as 1 of the addressees i only contact through face book but then another i email direct through my hotmail soo ???

 

Nooo, that sounds like your email address has been hacked, someone has got your password & you'll be getting irate calls from your friends for sending them porn & viruses.

 

I am getting notification of undelivered mail I am supposed to have sent, been informed by daughter and my sister who has also received 1 supposedly sent by me that hotmail is very easily compromised ,so as just a spare acc really i have closed it ,will see how it goes then,

 

Hotmail is an absolute pain for getting hacked.

If you really must use hotmail, change your password every other week or use a very secure one. What I like to do is take the first line of a song, use the first letter of each word and stick some numbers in the middle. For example; the song 'fly me to the moon' would be Fmttm12345Almsats. Never guessable Get the idea

Or use the address that your isp provides e.g. [email protected] or whatever. Much more secure than hotmail.

 

Yes Hotmail is notorious, even if you close down your account and delete all your address book in there they still hack it and use it. you can write to them, tear your hair out and still they will send them. You need a good junk filter.

 

PS Let those in your address book know that you have been hacked and tell them not to open any attachments to files supposedly sent by you as it them that are dangerous as virus carriers.

 

I had this a short while ago, hadn't used hotmail in a long time and a mate got in touch to say he was getting odd emails, so I signed in and sure enough there were alot of undelivered mail and a shed loads of emails sent.

Changed password and all good.....for now.

I actually use Skype instead of hotmail chat, I find it far better, quicker and lighter on the system. More and more people are switching to it these days, and if you do video chat it's much, much better too.

 

As I work overseas a lot, I use skype all the time when I`m away. When using a headset, the calls are so much clearer and of course, free to other skype users.

 

Windows Live is easy to hack if you have simple answers to your security questions (it happened to a mate of mine). All a hacker needs is a robot and an easy target and whammo - email infected.

 

First thing, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD

then it should be fine oh and I'd also change al your other passwords linked to that account (so if you have online banking etc.)