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chereena
Nov 11, 2026Copper Contributor
Address book phishing and laptop "ownership"
I got an invite from someone I hadn't heard from in a while and I thought it was legit. I clicked on it. Unfortunately, it was one of those threat actors that extracted my address book and started sending mail to everyone. It's been weeks and it's still doing it.
I am retiring that email address, but as it is still active as I tell people. I have the legitimate mail from it sending to a new address.
I have a passkey on that address and Defender and Malwarebytes on my Microsoft Surface laptop.
Unfortunately, I just realized that address is the "owner" of my laptop. I don't know how to change that account without losing a lot of info or access or? How do I change that address? Thank you.
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