“Microsoft account unusual sign-in activity”, as the message suggests, is an alert message issued by Microsoft account security when it detects any unusual sign-in attempts into your account. This message usually appears when a device that your account does not recognize is making the login request.
Apart from someone trying to access your account, the message can be because of a device that not yet registered. The message can also appear if the account is being accessed from a location 300 miles or further from previously logged in location, with a new IP address.
To fix this, users can disable the warning message by changing alert settings from their Microsoft account. However, if the threat is legitimate, it is best for you to update your account’s security to avoid any theft, leak or loss of information.
How to Fix Microsoft Account Unusual Sign-in Message
Contacting Microsoft and issuing a complaint there can help narrow down the issue of any unusual sign-in activity from your account.
you can manually set up various configurations to strengthen the security and stop this alert from appearing.
Check Recent Sign-in
To check if the threat is legitimate, log into your Microsoft account and see if the Recent sign-in tab displays any suspicious login attempt. This tab contains all the devices and their location from where your account has been accessed.
Register Device from Microsoft Account
To fix this, register or connect your device to a Microsoft account. Registering your device to Microsoftensures that the device can be trustedwhen logging in. By making a device trusted, we are vouching that devices accessing the Microsoft account are legitimate and won’t cause any harm.
If the issue appears even on a registered device, you canunregister the device first and then re-registerit to fix the error.
Change Security Credentials
If you believe that the security of your account is weak or has been compromised, you will need to update the security credentials of your account. Changing the account password, updating the contact information and adding a backup email address can help resolve the issue.
If you have made sure that the security message popping up is erroneous, you’re able to disable it from appearing in your Microsoft account.
You can do this byturning off security alerts or removing two-step sign-in verification. However, we strongly recommend users to not perform these as it can compromise the security of your Microsoft account.
Turn Off Security Alerts
The easiest method to stop the unusual sign-in messages is to disable them by logging into your Microsoft account and unchecking the non critical account alerts. This process will, however, deactivate all the security alerts that you receive on the unselected devices.
Another method to stop receiving the security alert is toopen this link, unchecking the appropriate boxes and thensaving your preferences.
Could be a Phishing Scam
As weird as it may sound, sometimes all you should do is ignore.
If you received this message and believe that it is not justified, you should consider the possibility that it may be fraudulent. Many users and information sites have also reported that the “Microsoft account unusual sign in activity” message that they have received,could potentially be a phishing scam.
Microsoft has issued warnings that could help protect the user from such phishing attacks. To differentiate if the email/message that you have received is legitimate or not
