Re: spyware detection
Originally Posted by
Magickman
You are not alone. My wife's yahoo got taken over, and two of my friends yahoo email got taken over, just recently. The hacker uses the email to send spam, "make thousands daily by using you laptop!"
Yahoo email, and Hotmail is notoriously easy to hack. The reason is, they are open servers. There is a simple code that the hacker, who knows your username, sends to [pw_retrieved@yahoo.com] and the yahoo server faithfully emails the hacker your password.
These codes are available on the internet, do not kid yourself that people do not search for them. It is always best to use the email servive of your Internet Provider, most offer lots of space and many security features you don't get with public email servers.
There was a news item the other day about Hotmail accounts being hi-jacked, reportedly using a capability of Firefox - though that may be MS mis-information - reportedly MS have now fixed the vulnerability. I wonder?
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