Hotmail Security Tips To Prevent Phishing

Hotmail Security Tips To Prevent Phishing

Hotmail Security Tips to Prevent Phishing

The technicians in Microsoft not too long ago did a discovery and realized that they were sharing a link with another third party. Thirty thousand of their subscribers' information, including emails could be viewed by another party. The technicians would not trace this problem as a technical hitch from Microsoft. Neither was it an internal breach of security by some of its workers. There was only one conclusion. Microsoft concluded that the problem must have been a phishing scheme that was devised by a certain group of people. In the event that one reads this article, he or she is advised t change his password immediately. This helps a bit in making the schemers have a harder time in accessing one's information. In addition, if one has found out that he cannot do a hotmail sign in automatically, and that there is a certain verification process that he is subjected to, he must bare with the situation since there are some protective measures that Microsoft is putting in place for someone's own good. Regardless of the email account that one has, it is advised that the password that one uses be changed. This is because there are some blogs that reveal that the same problem is occurring with Gmail, AOL, and Comcast and even with EarthLink.

How is it that someone can recognize the phishing scheme? The scheme is simply an email scam that will send the victim an email, requesting the user to enter his personal details on the spaces provided. At this state, the victim can pick up some of the viruses he is exposed to, and can even be an identity theft victim. One can simply realize the scams by noticing some panic signs that are indicated on the information provided. Such panic statements as "there has been a breach in your account details" or the ones that show "You have won a price" are very juicy statements that will drive someone to render some form of private information if entertained. If the message contains some grammatical errors, be careful to question the source of the information. These schemers are usually not so careful with grammar.

One of the best ways to avoid phishing schemes is to install anti-virus software. It does detect some of the viruses that are carried by some of these scams. Microsoft has also invented filters like the phishing filter, found in the Internet Explorer 7 and 8. When one has logged in one can visits the login helper and find out more about the filters. Another way to avoid these scams is by changing passwords every 90 days. This brings some level of security on the email address. In addition, one should avoid unsolicited emails and those links that one is not sure about. Links, even from friends may contain these scams and will more often than not be a threat to someone's emails.

Just in case one is a victim, he should update his anti virus, and should also immediately change his password. After doing so, he should also take the liberty of reporting this to some federal institutes. One of these is found through spam@uce.gov.

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