My email account was hacked

Registration/serial info was in there

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My Hotmail account xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx was hacked three days ago and is being used for a Nigerian phishing scam.  I have filed an internet crime report with the FBI and MSN is in the process of looking into the matter right now.  One of the old emails contained my WindowBlinds serial.  While the program is running fine, I wanted to advise Stardock that my serial is compromised and that if it appears elsewhere, I'm not the one spreading it around.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

so contact stardock support instead of posting your email address on a public forum,better still remove it :banhammer:

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

email deleted [hidden] from view.

Stardock can still see it, tho...;)

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you, Jafo.  As to the email address, I'm going to have Hotmail delete it thanks to the phishing crap.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hecate100

try live.com it is an MSN email  they have that I know of  .Hotmail  .MSN   and now .Live   

live to is free   .msn is not..

 

oh and don't let your Browser save your Passwords  use Roboform  they do have a free one

 

Don't know if any of this is helpful  

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sorry about your email, Hecate. DisturbedComputer's idea is a good one.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Hecate100, please send an email to support@stardock.com so that we can help you with your account issue.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Cute....;)

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

oh and don't let your Browser save your Passwords use Roboform they do have a free one
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I use LastPass myself.

Also, when you write to support please reference this post.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use LastPass myself.
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never hard that one is it like robo as to it saves your passwords on your PC and not a sever?

just curious

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

It saves them locally and sends your data store encrypted to their servers.  More info here:

http://lastpass.com/features_free.php

I like it because it works cross platform with multiple browsers, syncs between all my machines, and allows me to share credentials easily between me and the wife to be.

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Well if it was hacked then odds are one of the following is true.

 

1. Your PC is compromised with a trojan. What virus and spyware software are you using? Please note using just one anti-virus program isn't complete protection. You need a dedicated spyware app as well. such as Spyware Doctor.

 

2. Your email password was easy to detect via a brute force method. Such as using a common word in a dictionary for a password like 'boathouse'  or the like. If the word is in the dictionary it's very easy to crack. Use no less then 8 character with a mix of caps, numbers or/and symbols. For example one of my retired password I used to use was 'warp15:A1' the odds of brute forcing that password is very remote.

Bottom line unless you get to the cause of HOW your account was hacked it WILL happen again.

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

Agreed.  An important aspect of computer security is understanding exploit vectors.  Understanding how you can be hacked is crucial to prevent being hacked.