Suddenly everyone you know is getting an odd email from you. It may be just a link to a website or it may explain that you are in a foreign country and need money. While this is worrisome, it isn’t a virus. Your email account has been broken into. You aren’t being targeted. A program that guesses passwords picked you at random and broke in. Most likely you have a weak password.
The best way to avoid this is to have a good, strong password. Get into your account and change the password. Make sure it is AT LEAST 8 characters long and includes, at least three, if not all four of the following elements:
An upper case letter
A lower case letter
A number
A special character (@$% etc.
Do that and you shouldn’t be broken into again.
The best way to avoid this is to have a good, strong password. Get into your account and change the password. Make sure it is AT LEAST 8 characters long and includes, at least three, if not all four of the following elements:
An upper case letter
A lower case letter
A number
A special character (@$% etc.
Do that and you shouldn’t be broken into again.
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