There have been several short stories about the Windows Messenger for Mac (version 8) account appears to have been hacked. Some complained that their profile picture changed as well as the status line changed to something as sexually explicit and the account started spamming into every address in the contact list. Same thing happened with me also yesterday night. Actually I was not using the Microsoft/hotmail/live account but my password was very easy to crack. I did the following things:
- Scanned the entire system for virus and malware but didn’t found any.
- I have reset the password using the link provided by Microsoft. It solved the problem for a while but it re-appears again.
- Finally I decided to close the current Windows live login account and create a new one. Now it is fine.
Can anyone explain me why this system is being hacked everytime? Is it really unsecured?
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