[StevieG]

No doubt, this exploit the combination of poor practices by Party and poor security in Hotmail hurt this guy. But you can't blame this user for having whatever amount in his account. He might play high limit.

Also, the original thread is the place to discuss the particulars of that case. The OP here wanted to know what good security practices are.

That said, I agree with you that trying to treat the disease (using ant-spyware, firewalls, etc.) is not as good as preventing it (not using exploited services like Hotmail and IE, not downloading untrusted software, disabling unwanted services, etc.). It's a good message that can't be overemphasized.