My Yahoo email was hacked, and I have a Macbook

HELP!!!!  I've contacted Yahoo to restore my emails and contacts, changed my password, run an anti-virus program, done what I was supposed to do.  No luck.  Lost all emails since 10/2012, lost ALL contacts in my address book, and I'm no longer receiving email from anywhere.
This may be the wrong place to ask these questions, but since I own a Mac, I thought I'd try.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Laura

There have been issues recently with Yahoo email accounts.  One of the issues I've seen is where users download Weatherbug, which apparently creates an issue that compromises Yahoo email  for that account.
Do you maintain your mail only on Yahoo's servers ( you access mail through your web browser), or do you download mail to your MacBook and use the Apple mail application? If the latter, how did you lose mail since 10/12? If the former (hindsight is a wonderful thing), then start using Apple mail, download mail to your MacBook, and of course backup your MacBook.

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