I have Been Hacked

make sure you stay away from online banking with that PC until the problem is solved.
Hope you will get everything working again

yeah for sure, thankfully we have other computers here

Very good suggestion, Rolo.

Nice of you to post this, Shaunna.

Your email got hijacked, so do let the folks at hotmail know this happened. It isn't the first time and won't be the last.

Did some research:

Send an email (using another addy, obviously) to: [email protected]

Describe your problem, and give them all the facts as well as the addy to return email to (don't count on them figuring it out).

Also... try and remember if you had any sensitive data in the emails you didn't delete as the hackers now "own" the account and the info.

You might have to notify your bank, gov't agencies, credit card companies you've been hacked.... to do necessary damage control.

Notify your contacts as well... not to open any emails from the hacked account until you notify them from another email addy with a code sentence

(tell them what it will be) in the title of the email (so they won't open possibly 'tinged/infected' emails until they see that title.

Sorry to hear that Shaunna. Do as Doc suggests and Rolo. No telling what the hijackers got up their sleeves. Good luck.

yeah so much for airtight passwords lol. I will thanks for the advice

Just a suggestion Shaunna.

I use a full sentence for my password. Try doing that and make it one easy to remember plus jot it down.

Sorry to hear about this.  Hope you can get things straightened out as soon as possible!

yeah I will give it a go  thanks Uvah

yeah so do I , oh this makes me mad, I feel as tho my privacy has been invaded :'(

Know how you feel, hopefully you have everything cleaned and back in order. 

Unfortunately we can only do so much, as is said, locks are for honest folks, the dishonest will find a way in.  The best we can ever hope to do is make it hard for them to break in and hack our systems.

As though? It has been! Nasty buggers. Hope they get caught! (doubt they will, though).

I'll just bet it was the toilet paper manufacturer's that did that hacking. They are pissed at your hubby for ranting on about the "reduction of paperwork" process that they put in place!

@Phoon

just so you know

don't just change your Passwords

you need to change it all

you know? the 2 or 3 questions and Answers

aka  when was you born or where was your birth place

and your recover e-mail and password 

it's just to be sure

well I am back and I feel as though I have gained some power  after running all the cleaners and changing passwords ect" ect" ect", I have a brand new email addy  although I have fixed it with all the things that have been suggested  I wasn't going to take any chances lol. and I am now also running windows live. I have also downloaded a thingy called spyware blaster  I don't know if its any good or not but its worth a try I guess

MSE...Threatfire...and MalwareBytes is all I use and I've never had a problem.

aahhh I never heard of those ones hmmmm me thinks I might investigate those

MSE........http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx

Threatfire.......http://www.threatfire.com/

MalwareBytes.............http://www.threatfire.com/

There ya go Shaunna

Malwarebytes is a great program, I use it often. I'd get it from here as otherwise, Malwarebytes redirects you through c|net.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

 great cool I just went and got this one as well . yes I see what you and Uvah mean . they are great, I have tried them both  and yes I am very happy with them

 thanks Uvah  well worth the look for sure, I have now threatfire  and MalwareBytes  I will also look into  MSE thanks for the thumbs up on these

Welcome

Ah, like a chastity belt for your PC...

... so nobody can f**k with you. hehe

Typical starkers........quote unquote.

Actually, more like a condom. If you're gonna screw around on the 'net, sooner or later you'll find yourself in a strange place. The last thing you want is to pass something nasty on to family and friends.

Somehow that didn't come out right I think.