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OT MSN password changes spontaneously?
These are the only real possibilities, right? I forgot having changed the password between yesterday and today. Someone hijacked my account. Microsoft's servers got messed up. A major overhaul was done to my Firefox profile, but MSN/Hotmail/Live apparently doesn't allow saving the password anyway, so I always use a script to sign in. Whether they do or not, point is, it's always entered by a script. How could it would have to do with my Firefox profile? Unless maybe Microsoft rejects certain location changes. Sometimes I do use a VPN now. But the problem was stated to be an incorrect password. Thanks. |
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OT MSN password changes spontaneously?
On 1/5/2014 11:29 PM, John Doe wrote:
These are the only real possibilities, right? I forgot having changed the password between yesterday and today. Someone hijacked my account. Microsoft's servers got messed up. A major overhaul was done to my Firefox profile, but MSN/Hotmail/Live apparently doesn't allow saving the password anyway, so I always use a script to sign in. Whether they do or not, point is, it's always entered by a script. How could it would have to do with my Firefox profile? Unless maybe Microsoft rejects certain location changes. Sometimes I do use a VPN now. But the problem was stated to be an incorrect password. Thanks. Do you have Java installed ? Did you visit Yahoo at all in the last few days ? There is an exploit going around, that affected a couple million people. Java is not installed here (at least, not at the moment). Paul |
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OT MSN password changes spontaneously?
John Doe wrote:
These are the only real possibilities, right? I forgot having changed the password between yesterday and today. Someone hijacked my account. Microsoft's servers got messed up. A major overhaul was done to my Firefox profile, but MSN/Hotmail/Live apparently doesn't allow saving the password anyway, so I always use a script to sign in. Whether they do or not, point is, it's always entered by a script. How could it would have to do with my Firefox profile? Unless maybe Microsoft rejects certain location changes. Sometimes I do use a VPN now. But the problem was stated to be an incorrect password. Thanks. MSFT does not change anyone's password spontaneously. Max password length is 16 characters for all Outlook.com, Live.com, MSn.com, and Hotmail.com, and 3rd party email addresses used as a Microsoft Accounts. A longer password can be entered but only the first 16 will be used for signon. A variety of security proofs are in place on the backend server during signon validation though not all have been made public. 'Location checking' using some form of comparison algorithm has been suspected for some time and most likely in place for at least a few years. i.e. if the normal location is one place and a password signon or change request appears from another location (e.g. New York and then from Moldavia or different time zones) additional security related actions may be necessary - request to validate the account by using a code to alternate email, sms text, captcha character entry. Those additional requests can be issues with or without the account having been configured for 2-Step verification. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...rification-faq http://winsupersite.com/cloud/enable...rosoft-account All MSFT accounts should take advantage of the multiple security proofs - alternate email, phone number, secret Question, Trusted PC, Recovery code, and two step verification. -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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