Hacked Yahoo and Hotmail accounts

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Recently there has been a sharp increase in the number of members reporting that their Yahoo and Hotmail accounts have been hacked.

To help protect yourself please review the information in the following guides:

http://www.emailquestions.com/email-articles/97-why-you-need-strong-passwords-protect-them.html

Summary: Create passwords with upper and lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation and change your password at regular intervals.

http://www.emailquestions.com/email...otect-your-email-accounts-phishing-scams.html

Summary: Keep the software on your computer up to date and never share your passwords with anyone!

Different email providers have different security measures. Take a couple minutes to configure your account recovery options including security questions & answers, alternate email addresses, and mobile phone numbers that are allowed to receive password reset requests. A little time now can help save you a lot of frustration and could even protect you from permanently losing access to your email account.

If you have already been hacked here is some information about recovering your email accounts :

How to recover a lost Hotmail password / How to regain control of a hacked account

Yahoo - How to recover a lost password / How to regain control of a hacked account

How to recover a lost AOL password / How to regain control of a hacked AOL account

How to recover a lost Gmail password
 
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