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Malicious Windows Update mails in the wild
10/25/2009 6:35:06 AM, mynetx
When I opened my mail this morning, I found a message pretending to be from Microsoft. It offered me to install a Critical Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721), and also sent the download link. The sender pretended to be ...
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Now back: Attaching photos to messages in Hotmail
10/15/2009 11:48:30 PM, mynetx
Turned off last month due to a security issue with Internet Explorer and Active X, the Photo feature for Windows Live Hotmail has now been fixed and made available again. The Windows Live Team announces: Instead of adding pictures as attachments to your ...
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How-to: Change your Windows Live password
10/7/2009 6:00:44 AM, mynetx
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 ...
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This Week’s Thoughts: Hidden data
10/7/2009 12:54:44 AM, mynetx
Many people send texts, spreadsheets, photos and videos—while not knowing that they contain much information that other people can discover with ease and that might be indiscreet. Who has collaborated on the text? How often has it been revised? What ...
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Hotmail – Change password every 72 days
10/6/2009 8:03:32 AM, Khai Liang
For security purposes, we are actually recommended to change our password once awhile. This will keep your credential information more secured. If you have a Live ID, you can set your email password to expire every 72 days. This is a feature provided by ...
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More than 20,000 Hotmail passwords leaked
10/6/2009 7:57:42 AM, mynetx
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 ...
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Let Hotmail Remind You To Refresh Your Passwords Every 72 Days
10/5/2009 1:10:26 PM, Manan
The recent news about Hotmail users passwords being leaked is a good reminder for everyone of us to keep our online lives a bit more secure. Hotmail has a feature that will automatically expire your passwords after 72 days as a result it let’s you keep ...
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Let Hotmail Remind You To Refresh Your Passwords Every 72 Days
10/5/2009 1:10:26 PM, Manan
The recent news about Hotmail users passwords being leaked is a good reminder for everyone of us to keep our online lives a bit more secure. Hotmail has a feature that will automatically expire your passwords after 72 days as a result it let’s you keep ...
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Windows Live Hotmail Phishing Scheme
10/5/2009 11:11:00 AM, Corrine
Earlier today, Neowin reported that thousands of Windows Live Hotmail account details were publicly exposed: “An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at pastebin.com, a site commonly used by developers to share code snippets. ...
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The days are numbered for Messenger 2008
9/20/2009 12:46:43 PM, mynetx
In this post: End of Life reached What people think Technical reasons Get Messenger 2009 In case of problems End of Life reached Starting September 15, 2009, users are required to have the latest version of Messenger installed on their computer in ...
