Question posted by cynthiadollarhide on May 19th, 2011

Email Hacked - Spam - Closed Account - Still Spam - What Now?

hotmail account was hacked - contacts getting spammed - closed account 5/18/11, but contacts still getting spammed now what?

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Answer #1: Posted by SirensRnotAmyth on May 30th, 2011 6:30 AM
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Try this link. I am hoping it will help you with all your issues related to your hotmail account.

This is a help site which discusses the most common issues with hotmail and what to do about them.  Bookmarking this site has advantages as it is updated regularly and you can refer back to the site to learn of changes to hotmail.

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-hotmail-help-center

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