Think my email has been hacked need help??

i use outlook web page to check my emails but yester day i had delivery failures which was unusual as i didnt send anything.. i went to log in today and it said there is somebody trying to use my email aswell
does anybody know how this has happened?? is it anything to do with malware?
and how do i stopit from happening
thanks in advance

Your mail account has almost certainly been hacked on the server, not on your computer, unless someone has had access to the latter.
Log in to the mail server's web interface and change the password. If you use the same password for any other accounts, change those passwords too, and make them all different. Internet passwords should be random strings of at least 10 characters. You most likely don't need to, and should not be able to, remember them. They should be saved in your keychain and backed up with the rest of your data.
One way to generate a secure password is the following. Triple-click anywhere the line below on this page to select it:
openssl rand -base64 10 | cut -c-14 | open -f -a TextEdit
Copy the selected line to the clipboard (command-C). Launch the Terminal application and paste into the window that opens (command-V). A string of 14 random characters will appear in a TextEdit window. Use that string, or a substring, as the password. To generate another random string, press the up-arrow key and then the return key with the Terminal window active. You can then quit Terminal.
If the compromised account is on Gmail, then changing the password may not be enough. Follow all of Google'sinstructions to secure it.

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An increased number of incidents are being reported on the web regarding the continued hacking of BTYahoo accounts with payload outcomes that vary:
Account passwords are being hacked and being modified without proper authority
account security questions being modified without proper authority
addresses on web-mail contacts lists being systematically sent fake emails seeking assistance in the form of money
the deletion of the web-mail contact list afterwards
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modification of contact email address to one that links to the hijacker thereby informing them of subsequent attempts to modify the password.
users being unable to receive or send emails
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