Should i be worried?

[Steforian]

Somehow or another some bot-master has my email address and is sending me 4-5 fake 'blizzard entertainment' emails a day for the last few days. I opened one, and saw that it was fake, so i wont open anymore, so far i just added all the fake address to my block list on hotmail.

What im asking is could they somehow hack my email if they wanted to now?

[Top-Tier-Tech]

I get those damn emails almost every day and I never once gave my address out to anything other than a big business. As long as you didn't click on the link in the email there isn't anything to worry about.

[Steforian]

I get those damn emails almost every day and I never once gave my address out to anything other than a big business. As long as you didn't click on the link in the email there isn't anything to worry about.

Thanks, though i did click the link on that first email... where it popped up a 'known fraudulent site' poppup thing, then i quickly closed everything...

Btw i have 'Security Essentials' from Microsoft, and its scan did not detect anything bad.

[Top-Tier-Tech]

Thanks, though i did click the link on that first email... where it popped up a 'known fraudulent site' poppup thing, then i quickly closed everything...

Btw i have 'Security Essentials' from Microsoft, and its scan did not detect anything bad.

Well then you technically didn't enter the website so you should still be fine. Most likely the website would be attempting to have you enter legitimate information so that they could steal whatever you enter, I doubt they could ever hack into your email account.

[Steforian]

Well then you technically didn't enter the website so you should still be fine. Most likely the website would be attempting to have you enter legitimate information so that they could steal whatever you enter, I doubt they could ever hack into your email account.

Ahh thanks I was dreading having to reformat my brand-new PC.