mettekrabbe:
It seems that my email account has been hacked and all my contacts have been deleted. Is is possible to restore them in any way?
At the same an auto-reply had been set up with the following answer:
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:44 PM
Subject: Hi friend:
Hi friend:
Introduce you a good website:* www. myewell.com *
It is a large wholesaler who trade mainly in all kinds of electronical products for promotion. To my surprise, their products are very low price and high quality.
I bought an iphone from this website last month, and the iphone works very well! I think it is a shopping paradise which can bring you much benefit, so i want to share it with you! It is really worthy to have a try. Their contact information is: Email: {removed email address}
Best Regards!
Mette!
I feel your worry about your account being accessed by someone. For awareness in this kind of cases, please visit the link below:
http://help.live.com/Help.aspx?market=en-US&project=LiveIDv1&querytype=topic&query=Accountv1_TROU_UnauthorizedAccess.htm
To secure your account, do the necessary precautions by changing your password and scanning your computer for possible malware (malicious software such as adware and virus). Although, I cannot verify the exact cause of your problem, I recommend that you enhance your account security by following these:
1. Use different characters on your password, and regularly update your secret question and answer.
http://help.live.com/Help.aspx?market=en-US&project=LiveIDv1&querytype=topic&query=Accountv1_TROU_UnauthorizedAccess.htm
2. Log out from your account every after your session by clicking the "Sign Out" button in your account.
3. Clear your browser’s temporary Internet files when using a public terminal.
http://emailsupport.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5D6F5A79A79B6708!6203.entry
4. Be sure not to click the “Remember my password” option at the Windows Live Hotmail Sign In page.
With regard to your missing contacts, I’ll try to recover them for you. Please post your e-Windows Live Hotmail account, as well as 3 samples of e-mail addresses that you want to recover.
BTW, I’ve moved your post to the Contacts and Addressbook forum.
