Spam sent from my email

Discussion in 'Software' started by eerie_eric, Aug 2, 2010.

  1. eerie_eric

    eerie_eric Private E-2

    Spam was sent from my email today. What should I do about this?
     
  2. silas

    silas MajorGeek

    Maybe your computer is infected some way or another and those people have your email or something and is sending out spam that way. So I suggest doing the Read and Run sticky http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407 and post all logs in that Malware Forum to get cleaned up.
     
  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Malware detected in email databases has to be cleaned up by you. You have a few choices:

    1. delete the whole file which is not an option you normally want to use
    2. load the email folder that contains the infection and delete ALL unnecessary emails (hoping to remove the problem email) and then use the Mailbox Cleanup option to delete all old emails. Then compact the Outlook database to permanently remove data. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196990 If you do not cleanup and compact the databases, the deleted emails may still be leaving hidden information in the database that you just cannot see but a scanner may still pickup on it.
    3. create a new folder and move only emails you really need into the new folder and then delete the infected folder.
     

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