How to secure Hotmail account from Hackers

Many reports has shown that how the account sponsored by one of the big name in the market “Microsoft” has a list of demerits when it comes to provide an effective security solution to its users. It has constantly been on the news for email phishing and weak anti-spam functionality. With the likes of large number of advanced hackers in the market it is very essential for a user to protect their email account from such activities.

Concerning on the same here we have listed few effective solution and guidelines that can help a user to some extent.

Strong Password:

A password is the key to your account, thus it is very much necessary for all to have an unbreakable password. Some possible trait for strong password:

1.  Shouldn’t contain your name or date of birth.
2. Avoid using common predictable name like “Name of your dog, your favorite color” or etc.
3. Shouldn’t be same as your previously used password.
4.  Use  a password that contains alphanumeric characters (combination of alphabets and special characters)

Be extra cautious while logging in public computer:

A publicly used computer i.e. those computers find in cyber café or in your office are more prone to cyber threats as they are accessible not by you but also by many others. Thus, it’s very important for us to log out properly and don’t forget to delete history and cookies. Rather following all these we would suggest you to avoid using your personal account in a foreign computer unless that’s the last option available for you.

 Email Phishing:

Few days back a new kind of threat has been seen entering the email market. In this hackers send fake mails baiting the user that they have won prize money and in return they ask your personal information or account login details. If you ever receive any mails don’t respond and delete it immediately.

 Keep an updated Antivirus and Firewall: There have come many antivirus in the market equipped with features like email security and anti-spam. Therefore, keeping an updated antivirus in your system can protect you from email threats. Most prominent among the many for the very purpose are McAfee, Kaspersky Lab and Panda Security.

 Don’t share your Password:

A password itself means confidentiality therefore in any case if you ever share your password to anyone, you will lose confidential information. Sharing your password means welcoming hackers to access your system and personal resources.

 Use application like On Screen Keyboard:

Today, hackers have become advanced they have created some strong codes to get inside your system. Same can be noticed where these people with bad instinct has managed to steal the keyboard pattern. Thus, using software’s like “On Screen Keyboard” can prevent you from its future consequences.

 Manage password authenticity:

Almost every browser has a built in password manager options. Every user either accessing their email account in chrome or Opera must have seen a pop-up came right in front of their face while accessing their account on it for first time. This features let you save your password on the local folder of the system, availing you with the functionality to avoid remembering the password. Such feature with the handy advantage also bring with it a loop hole through which any person that has access to your system can go through your Hotmail account. Fortunately browsers do give the option to turn off the feature.

After laying out the points above we came to a conclusion that the best way to secure your Hotmail account from being hacked is to have a strong password. Our Email account though might not contain money in physical form, but it does posses useful information in form of bank account information, online transaction details and many others. Thus keeping our email account secure is utmost need these days. The concern not only has been seen from user side only, Companies like Microsoft and Google has shown some seriousness in this very topic, by introducing the OTP (One Time Password) feature on trail basis. Skipping to another email account could be a best you can do in such case, where there are large numbers of alternatives available with extra features.  But this sounds quite an impossible task for those who are using Hotmail on daily basis and that too be since long. Thus following above mention guidelines can prove out to be hammer to a nail. Hotmail technical support