hotmail hacked

please can anyone help me,
somebody has changed my hotmail password and secret
question- is there any way of getting back control of the
account or so i just have to let it be and not use that
email address anymore?
thanks x

*Vanguard*
Mon Jun 28 10:32:42 CDT 2004

lauren said in news:226a601c45d20$44589850$a501280a@phx.gbl:
> please can anyone help me,
> somebody has changed my hotmail password and secret
> question- is there any way of getting back control of the
> account or so i just have to let it be and not use that
> email address anymore?
> thanks x

If it is a freebie Hotmail account, and unless you can login (or manage
to get their "forgot password" algorithm to actually work provided the
hacker has not also changed the profile info used for the queries
presented by the "forgot password" procedure), it's no longer your
Hotmail account. If it is a paid Hotmail account, good luck trying to
get an actual person to reach to fix the problem.

Next time, use a *strong* password so some hacker cannot easily guess
what it is. Also, do not use personal info in your profile that can be
easily guessed at (since that means someone else could pretend to be you
to use the "forgot password" procedure).

anonymous
Mon Jun 28 20:21:02 CDT 2004

Why assume someone "easily guessed" the password? Could be
a keylogger on the PC.

>-----Original Message-----
>lauren said in news:226a601c45d20$44589850
$a501280a@phx.gbl:
>> please can anyone help me,
>> somebody has changed my hotmail password and secret
>> question- is there any way of getting back control of
the
>> account or so i just have to let it be and not use that
>> email address anymore?
>> thanks x
>
>If it is a freebie Hotmail account, and unless you can
login (or manage
>to get their "forgot password" algorithm to actually work
provided the
>hacker has not also changed the profile info used for the
queries
>presented by the "forgot password" procedure), it's no
longer your
>Hotmail account. If it is a paid Hotmail account, good
luck trying to
>get an actual person to reach to fix the problem.
>
>Next time, use a *strong* password so some hacker cannot
easily guess
>what it is. Also, do not use personal info in your
profile that can be
>easily guessed at (since that means someone else could
pretend to be you
>to use the "forgot password" procedure).
>
>
>.
>