Phony hotmail page?

#1 Travis_C

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Posted 27 May 2005 - 02:55 PM

Today I signed into MSN messenger and noticed that I had a few unread mail messages but when I clicked on the link it redirected me to what I'm sure is a false hotmail page. The name of it is "Cb1.msn.com". Once it redirected it me to that page a box popped up saying "Mozilla Firefox does not recognize the certificate on this page, This could possibly be a fake site that is trying to steal your information." It then gave me 3 options, 1) to accept the new certificate the site had made 2) to not accept it but to proceed accessing the site and 3) to not accept the certificate and to not connect to the site; I chose #3 and closed the browser. I have since tried to access the hotmail page but I'm not sure if the link is valid and wanted to make sure the site is legit before entering my password.

When I type in " www.Hotmail.com " it brings me to this page: http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?lc=1033&id=2

When I type in " www.login.passport.net " it brings me to this page: http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?lc=1033

Also, When I usually try to sign into Hotmail the address bar will turn yellow to show me that it is an encrypted page but it didn't do that this time.

Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me with this.

~ Travis

This post has been edited by Travis_C: 27 May 2005 - 02:56 PM

#2 st0nedsk8er

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Posted 28 May 2005 - 01:51 PM

to hell with hotmail!! use gmail, if you are interested, i will give you an invite, just PM me with your email address or even post it here..

#3 tg1911

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Posted 28 May 2005 - 02:05 PM

If you want a G-mail invite, PM st0nedsk8er with your E-mail address.
Do not post it in the forum.

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#4 Scarlett

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Posted 28 May 2005 - 10:03 PM

Travis_C seems to some sort of security problem going on with his computer. So for now aquiring an GMail account is the least of his worries.

If someone can help him, please do so.

I will be moving this to the AntiVirus, Firewall and Privacy Products and Protection Methods forum.

This post has been edited by scarlett: 28 May 2005 - 10:06 PM