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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 24 2010, 10:21 AM (119 Views) | |
| onwego | Sep 24 2010, 10:21 AM Post #1 |
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You're BANNED!
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So somehow my computer got a virus where it keeps sending emails to everybody on my contact list with a link to Rx drugs. I have run my antivirus and that hasn't seem to fix the problem. I have deleted all my contacts now and I'm starting a new email address in hopes that that will fix it. Does anybody know what else I can do to get rid of it? I'm not very computer savvy so if you speak to me in a language that I understand it would be greatly appreciated!
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| jn4jenny | Sep 24 2010, 11:09 AM Post #2 |
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Is the meadow on fire?
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Sorry, but you probably can't get rid of the problem. What likely happened is you clicked on a link in a spam email, and following that link gave a "worm" access to your full email contact list. The worm program copied that contact list and is now spamming the list with your name on it. So the email isn't really coming from you, but the spammer's machine makes it look that way. There's basically nothing you can do at this stage. ETA well okay, maybe there's one thing you can do, and that's make sure that the worm doesn't have CONTINUOUS access to your contact list through a malware program. You can get anti-malware software (which is often not covered by antivirus programs). I like this one, and it's free: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Edited by jn4jenny, Sep 24 2010, 11:10 AM.
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| naters | Sep 24 2010, 11:38 AM Post #3 |
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It'll be an adventure! We're going on an adventure!
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Try changing your password. Add in some numbers, and maybe a special character. |
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| onwego | Sep 24 2010, 12:21 PM Post #4 |
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You're BANNED!
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Malware scan is running right now and password was changed Hopefully this will work.
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