E-mail sent to my address book

[umbongo]

Hello

An e-mail has been sent to everyone in my address book that i didn't send. I've sent them all another e-mail saying don't open it.

But do i need to worry about this? And would it mean problem with the computer or e-mail account or both or should i just forget about it?

Thank-you for any help you give me, you were great last time. Appreciated

p.s its a hotmail acount

[primesuspect]

It could very well be a virus on your computer.

[jared]

Are you running an Antivirus program on your computer? If so, is it up to date?

[umbongo]

So is there anything in particular i should do? I just ran Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and it found nothing. I'm in the middle of running "superanti spyware". So far its found 1 Adware.Tracking Cookie.

[umbongo]

Apart from "Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware" and "superanti spyware", I have "spybot search & destroy" and "spyware blaster"

[RyderOCZ]

Spyware generally will not do this.. scan with an AntiVirus program with up to date definitions.

[jared]

You need to also install a Anti-virus application.

I would try Avast. It's free and usually does a pretty good job with catching stuff.

Install Avast, update it, and run a full system scan.

[kryyst]

Do these messages show up in your sent items? It could also be that someone has hacked your hotmail account.

[RichD]

Download Hijack This (http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3000-8022_4-10227353&ontId=8022_4&spi=900b0e2e47463c57cd5a5288f161fa67&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext&ltype=dl_dlnow&pid=10781312&mfgId=6283336&merId=6283336&pguid=PCu0zQoPjAIAAF3z-eYAAAA8&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.download.com%2F3001-8022_4-10227353.html%3Fspi%3D900b0e2e47463c57cd5a5288f161fa67)and post the log file over in the spyware removal section. If you ask nicely they should be able to tell you if you have anything to worry about.:wink: Do you know what the email content was?

[pragtastic]

I would take a look at the contents of the email that was sent out. If the email looks like a scam or advertisement, then it's either a virus or hacked account. If its not, you may have left your account logged in where someone may have used it?