Microsoft is the security of Hotmail-esteem. Weak passwords are prohibited, and users get the possibility to have cracked accounts to complain, for example, if there are plots by people they know spam is sent.
Microsoft has on the Windows Live blog new security measures for Hotmail announced. Soon will users who change their password or who have a new Hotmail address to register, get a notification if a weak password is specified. According to Microsoft, you will not only passwords as ‘password’ and ‘123456’ will be denied, but also small and common phrases like “ilovecats” and “gogiants’. Microsoft does not exclude users who now have a weak password, in the future forced their password, must change.
Further, Microsoft has directly the possibility to Hotmail added to indicate that the sending account may have been cracked. The functionality does not work only for Hotmail users mutual: Microsoft is working with email providers like Yahoo and Google, and shows the abuse-reporting by. In the few weeks that the functionality has been tested, Microsoft has already thousands of compromised accounts to their rightful owners can return, reports the company.
