Windows 10: Microsoft account Security Sign in activity log shows multiple IP addresses and sign in...

Hi,

I am a home user.

I logged into my Microsoft account to change my password and decided to check my "Recent Activity" sign in log. Something I had not done before.


All of the entries seemed to correlate with my sign in activity but many sign ins showed multiple IP addresses and locations in distant cities around North America .Some I recognized as my own IP address and city . Some were from my city, Vancouver, but different IP addresses.


I changed passwords and logged out and back in many times with the same effect. These sign ins were all mine. Some times showing sign in locations like Montreal and Atlanta. Some sign ins that I made showed repeated locations and the same correlating IP address . Montreal for example. Others were more random. There is no way there is maleware on this computer, a lap top I bought brand new ,out of the box, Windows 10, 2 days ago. I am running Kaspersky total security on it. Multiple scans all clean.


Can someone tell me what is going on here? Thanks!

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Microsoft account unusual sign-in activity

Hello Kerwin,

Mystery solved. Apparently we have two MSFT accounts, one associated with an older Hotmail address. After logging in under the older account this morning, I did in fact see the "unusual sign-in activity", which I have been receiving the daily emails about.
This activity was definitely not me and I have subsequently re-set my password on that older account. I assume that will resolve the problem and the emails will now stop.

Also, FYI: The "unusual activity" log on the older account showed: The "sessions" to be "automatic-syncs" and an IP address that was definitely not mine. And, though the log showed the location to be "unavailable", a quick Google search showed the IP address
to be a UK IP address. In fact, the site I looked at (if reliable), showed it to be a UK Ministry of Defense IP address. What on earth?

Thanks for following up.

 

Microsoft account unusual sign-in activity

Thank you for the reply. I have answered your questions in bold.

But I still fail to see why any of the questions/measures apply to my situation when Microsoft's "Review recent activity" log shows no "unusual sign-in activity" whatsoever. There are approximately 20 sessions showing on my activity log currently, and everyone
single one of them shows them to be: my computer, my IP address, my location, my operating system, my browser; all at times of the day when I was on my computer...

So unless Microsoft's "Review recent activity" page is inaccurate, where on earth is the "unusual sign-in activity" and why am I getting daily emails alerting me to something, that according to Microsoft's "recent activity" log, does not exist?

Thanks for your continued help/efforts,

SR

03/03/17: Update: and, FTR, I got the email again last night, 8 days in a row now. And once again, there is no "unusual sign-in activity" showing in my "recent activity" whatsoever.

 

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