With two new features, Hotmail users can access their accounts better in case they have been compromised by criminals. That is what the Windows Live team has announced in the Inside Windows Live blog.
While you are abroad, maybe on a holiday trip, it is especially important to keep safe with your Windows Live ID. You might communicate through insecure wireless networks, or from computers with outdated security settings. Protecting your Live ID is essential, as it is your access key to Messenger, Hotmail and all other Windows Live services.
Spanish is the first of currently 4 user-translated languages that are about to get added to Twitter. You can now switch the Twitter website to Spanish. And please check your OAuth permissions for unwanted applications. We show how.
If Messenger doesn’t remember your e-mail address or your password, then you have installed both Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. You have to revert a registry setting that has been changed while Yahoo Messenger was installing. Then you will be able to store your sign-in credentials again. Here is how it [...]
More than 20,000 Windows Live account credentials were published recently. That is why you should change your own password, even if your account was not among them. Here is how to change your password using the Windows Live account center.
Open the Windows Live account center at https://account.live.com/ChangePassword.aspx.
If prompted, sign in using your Windows [...]
Several thousands passwords for European users of Microsoft’s e-mail and identity service Hotmail/Windows Live ID have been published on the Web, according to information published by Neowin. The Windows Live team states:
We immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers. As part of that investigation, [...]
Al giorno d’oggi, le e-mail dagli spammer sono diventate sempre più frequenti estendendo la ricezione di malware. Avere un computer affetto da malware potrebbe significare avere la propria password compromessa e il Windows Live ID conseguentemente dirottato e abusato inviando ancora altro spam. Come posso identificare la posta malevola?
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Una tipica virus mail [...]
Virus, backdoor, cavalli di troia, le root kit sono sempre più diffusi ai giorni d’oggi e dovreste tenere molta attenzione mentre si usa Windows Live Messenger per tenere te e til tuo computer sicuro. Ecco alcuni consigli che ti possono aiutare a stare sicuro:
Non cliccare ogni link che si riceve.
Attenzione ai messaggi strani, anche [...]
Windows Live Messenger could not sign you in because the Windows Live ID does not exist or is incorrect. If you have forgotten your password, click Forgot your password? at the bottom of the main Messenger window.
You cannot sign in to Messenger because all you see when you try to sign in is the [...]
Have you ever received an instant message that prompts you to click on a mysterious link? Or been asked to share your IM account information, only to have it used to spam all of your friends?
Messaging spam, sometimes called SPIM, is a type of spam targeting users of instant messaging (IM) services. SPIM [...]
