I might have got phished

I followed a link somewhere and got redirected to a Windows Live-like login page.. the domain was not xyz.live.com or xyz.microsoft.com, it was ad.click<something I dont remember> etc.

Without thinking about it, I entered my password and hit ENTER, then suddenly realizing what had happened, I stopped loading the page, went to mail.live.com and changed my password.



My question is, am I safe, or do I need to take additional steps?

(Details on the actual link and site later)

littleguru wrote:

If you changed the password you entered, you are fine. It's as if you entered a wrong password

It is advised that if you used the compromised password in other places, change them all without exception.
If that's the case, refrain from telling anyone that you were using the same password in various places.
After successful adaptation of a new password, or better different passwords, add your old password to a black list and never use it again.

If you feel that one of your online accounts has been compromised, you should do a thorough damage assessment. Check what data was compromised, whether any additional passwords or personal data could be stolen, and any other sensitive data. From that point, you might have to change all of your passwords, and maybe more.

Consider using the IE-7 (found here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx) phishing protection or/and McAfee SiteAdvisor (which can be found here: http://www.siteadvisor.com/ ).

It is unfortunate that you have been subjected to a phishing attack, and hopefully the measure you'll take will protect you in future.

Thanks for all the info, No I had not been using that same password elsewhere. Thanks for your concern.

For the past 2 days, I've had to login to live.com twice.

Again, just now.

Every Single Time, I have to login twice.

I just logged out and had to login twice, as I type this!

I posted about this today, earlier.

So others Are having the same issue?

My picture is also no longer on the live.com login button... the url "looks" ok...

It only takes 1 try to login to C9 with the same account...

???

"The e-mail address or password is incorrect. Please try again."

Every Time!

It happened to me once, it will go away on its own in 1-2 weeks. Have patience. you might wanna try out clearing browser cache.