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<blockquote data-quote="AtlBo" data-source="post: 1015759" data-attributes="member: 32547">Hello everyone.I don&#039;t know of an event I know was malware, but I did have an episode recently when I installed Windscribe.&nbsp; I have a 50 GB data account, but I had stopped using the account.&nbsp; Got an e-mail from Windscribe, so decided to try it again.&nbsp; Less than a week later someone hacked my main e-mail account.&nbsp; Windscribe was the only thing that had been changed on the system recently, so I changed the password for the e-mail and uninstalled Windscribe.&nbsp; That was a couple of weeks ago, and no further issue so far <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers&nbsp; &nbsp; :fingers_crossed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" />Interestingly, recently I got hit by a large amount of spam in the inbox of the same e-mail account.&nbsp; It was ads and unrelated to the password change, but I consider these type of e-mails phishing (using trademarks etc.).&nbsp; I sent a message to Microsoft explaining how the e-mail addresses were different for dozens of e-mails from the same sender.&nbsp; Because of the different e-mail addresses issue I couldn&#039;t just create a rule and auto reroute them.&nbsp; So I found the option and asked Microsoft if they could please reroute these e-mails on their end to junk or deleted messages.&nbsp; To my surprise, within three days the e-mails completely ceased.&nbsp; I guess the plea I made to MS worked.&nbsp; I was surprised, especially since I am not paying for Outlook.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AtlBo, post: 1015759, member: 32547"] Hello everyone. I don't know of an event I know was malware, but I did have an episode recently when I installed Windscribe. I have a 50 GB data account, but I had stopped using the account. Got an e-mail from Windscribe, so decided to try it again. Less than a week later someone hacked my main e-mail account. Windscribe was the only thing that had been changed on the system recently, so I changed the password for the e-mail and uninstalled Windscribe. That was a couple of weeks ago, and no further issue so far 🤞 Interestingly, recently I got hit by a large amount of spam in the inbox of the same e-mail account. It was ads and unrelated to the password change, but I consider these type of e-mails phishing (using trademarks etc.). I sent a message to Microsoft explaining how the e-mail addresses were different for dozens of e-mails from the same sender. Because of the different e-mail addresses issue I couldn't just create a rule and auto reroute them. So I found the option and asked Microsoft if they could please reroute these e-mails on their end to junk or deleted messages. To my surprise, within three days the e-mails completely ceased. I guess the plea I made to MS worked. I was surprised, especially since I am not paying for Outlook. [/QUOTE]

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