Johnnyren 601 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 har one to explain, ive got some sort of virus in my hotmail, the upshot is im getting emails from myself which are obv spam or something and im getting messages that seem to imply im trying to pass the email along to my contacts but there spam filter is blocking it, anyone heard of this one going about ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 log in and change you password and also your security questions and that will usually stop it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
klbs-RFC 21 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 My daughters hotmail was doing the same thing, sending links to porn and other stuff to her friends when she wasn't online. Ended up having to get her a new hotmail acc and closing the other one. log in and change you password and also your security questions and that will usually stop it. I tried all the usual stuff m8, change password & AV scans etc, nothing worked Best getting a new hotmail acc and tell everybody to delete the old one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyren 601 Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 ive changed my password, and so far so good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Weird one i was sent an email from one of my contacts and it had a link to a virus,feck deleting my account though i have everything on it.My computers clean and I've not opened any more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baratheon 16 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I keep getting these Facebook. one's with a dot at the end saying i've won a laptop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddySpook 168 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Aye,I have it too,keep getting "postamaster notice" or something saying delivery has failed and I have some "no subject" emails from myself.Can't say I'm bothered,I'm 99% sure the virus isn't actually on my computer because I have a couple of hotmail accounts and so does the wife and none off them are doing it so...If it was the same email I have with my bank account or something I would be worried more though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyren 601 Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 Aye,I have it too,keep getting "postamaster notice" or something saying delivery has failed and I have some "no subject" emails from myself.Can't say I'm bothered,I'm 99% sure the virus isn't actually on my computer because I have a couple of hotmail accounts and so does the wife and none off them are doing it so...If it was the same email I have with my bank account or something I would be worried more though.yep thats the one ive got, pain in the arse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 it is usually something along the lines of a bot has hacked your acc and sending out the emails. it is how all large scale email scams are done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 if you have bullgaurd or norton you wouldn't get viruses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Sorry to say but if you have Norton you will probably be more likely to have a virus nd for it not to detect it.Just read through previous threads on here and you will see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2102 577 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 if you have bullgaurd or norton you wouldn't get viruses. norton is possibly one of the worse anti-virus systems around. a low detection rate (in comparison to its competitors) and also a very poor removal record. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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