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Hijacked e-mail account

I have two personal friends who have had their aol e-mail accounts hijacked. I am receiving .php files and clickable links ending in .exe. When she tried to contact aol they told her that they cannot do anything since it was a free account which is BS. I can alos see that these e-mails are going out to people in their address book. I can provide both e-mail addresses apon request if needed. I have also contacted my internet provider which obviously will have more muscle.
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Make sure you have antivirus protection on your PC. (If you have not installed any antivirus software, go tosafety.aol.com to find the latest McAfee software provided by AOL).

· Ensure that your antivirus software is up-to-date.

· Run a complete scan of your computer using your antivirus software.

· Change your AOL password at password.aol.com. Remember, strong passwords are a combination of upper-case and lower-case letters, numbers, and special characters (e.g., @, #, and &).

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MY AOL account has been hacked into also....free acct too.. people are getting pissed off at me ..!!! I blocked it and told all to do the same..... AOL is the easiest email to hack according to a techie friend of mine

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Cobra Answered:

ok obviously you didn't read what I wrote:

Make sure you have antivirus protection on your PC.-----I dont have the virus

· Ensure that your antivirus software is up-to-date.----NOTHING to do with my PC

· Run a complete scan of your computer using your antivirus software.---Nothing to d owith my problem

· Change your AOL password at password.aol.com.---I am PRETTY SURE she is not able to log in to her e-mail because someone changed the PW or she had canceled the e-mail account.

· Review your ?Away Messages? ----This has NOTHING to do with AIM, or ANY type of away message

· Review your ?signatures? for AOL Mail, ---WHAT? Again NOTHING to do with what the problem is

Hey but thanks A LOT for the GREAT help

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momof4 Answered:

Same thing has happened to me. AOL won't help. They suck! I have deleted my contacts, and am now using another email service. I set up my AOL account so long ago I don't remember remember either of the answers I would need to change my password. Obviously AOL doesn't really care if they are spamming the World! except if you are a paying account! AND the fact that I paid them for 15 years previously doesn't matter.