Appears a hacker changed my Outlook signature card

Hi Erin Smith

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I’m sorry this happened. An unfamiliar email signature can indicate that someone accessed your mailbox, so changing your password immediately was the right step. Microsoft also lists suspicious message signatures, forwarding, and inbox rules as possible signs of mailbox compromise.

To remove the signature in Outlook.com:

• Open Settings.
• Select Accounts > Signatures.
• Select the unfamiliar signature, remove it or replace its contents, and select Save.
• Confirm the correct signature is selected for new messages and replies/forwards.

Please also review:

• Settings > Mail > Rules and delete any rule you did not create.
• Settings > Mail > Forwarding and disable any unknown forwarding address.
• Your Sent Items, Deleted Items, and account sign-in activity for anything unfamiliar.
• Your Microsoft account security information, and enable two-step verification. Two-step verification makes it more difficult for someone to sign in even if they know the password.

Do not send further messages until the unfamiliar signature, rules, and forwarding settings have been removed.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any further updates, thanks.

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