Effective Ways to Get Back Your Hacked Hotmail Account

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If you are here reading this blog then we can guess that your hotmail account was hacked and you are here seeking solutions for the same. If this is the case, then this is the best blog you could have referred to. Today in this blog we are going to tell you all you need to know to fix hacked hotmail account.

Hotmail has been merged with Microsoft Outlook services and if you are using it then you must be aware of this fact. Now, if you observe that some unfamiliar emails have been sent from your account of which you are not aware, there is some suspicious activity or behavior on your account or there are some unauthorized purchases linked to your account then it’s likely that your hotmail account has been hacked by someone.

Here are some of the ways which you should try to fix the issues with the hotmail Microsoft account when you want to fix it but the only condition is that you need to follow the steps which have been given to you in proper manner.

Changing the password of your account

If you are still able to access your account then what you need to do is to immediately change the password of your account.
For this you need to login into your account and then move to the settings option you see on the screen.
Under settings you will find the option of more mail settings on which you need to click.
Hit on account details to access further options, following this you go to tap on change password button.
Fill in your old password once and then the new password you want to set twice in the respective fields.
Once you are done entering the password you can simply click on the save button.

Regain access of your account back

If you are worried that someone hacked my hotmail account then you should try to get the access of your account back, you can do this by following the steps that have been mentioned below.

Move to the account login page of Microsoft, once you are on the page you need to press the forgot my password button. You will find this button below the text fields of username and password.
Now, you have to select ‘I think someone else is using my Microsoft account’ and then press on the next button. You can or cannot select the reason why you think your account has been hacked.
You need to fill in the email address which you believe has been changed (for eg. abcmail@hotmail.com)
Enter the captcha characters in the second text fields, this captcha is necessary as it makes sure that you are not a robot or a script which is trying to access the site.
Now select a method you want to use for receiving security code which can be an alternative email address or a phone number.
As soon as you receive the code you need to fill in the code which will direct you to the page where you will be able to reset the password of your account.
You can complete the form with the correct information and then hit on the submit button.
Soon after the form is submitted your request has been submitted as well; you have to wait for at least 24 hours before you get a response from the other side.
When you will get the access to your account back you need to reset the password of your account and this time you must ensure that you set a strong password for the same. The password must be of 8 characters and a combination of numbers and alphabets.