Re: [LI] My Hotmail is hacked

["Suresh Ramasubramanian" <Suresh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7 Nov 99, at 12:25, thus spake Linux India Digest:

> I am a windows and linux user. today i logged on to my

Hotmail has several PUBLISHED security holes which let others login 
to yr account without a passwd / you might have unwittingly 
responded to a scam mail (says it is from Microsoft / Hotmail admin, 
asks you to give yr passwd for some reason or the other).

Hotmail will never ask you for yr passwd - as supervisor they have 
full access to yr acct whenever they want it.

Try mailing this address - abuse@xxxxxxxxxxx - and asking them 
(give full details - date and time if possible).  They might be able to 
help you.  I'll give you another address (personal mail of an admin) 
if you get no response within some  three or four days.

> > hacking or do u think if u use linux for browsing th
> > internet my system or passwords would be safer please
> > advise me.

No damn use - your box still accepts cookies, and there are enough 
holes in Linux for you to be vulnerable (there are several more in 
WinDOZE though).  

Oh yes, check this up - You might have someone running Back 
Orifice or something like that on yr system (if a winDOZE box) or if 
you browse from a cybercafe, you might not have pressed the 
logout button but just closed the window and come out.



Suresh Ramasubramanian
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