LarryUK Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I've got a problem and I'm not sure how to sort it. I know some of you are 'savvy', so..Last night all of my contacts in my Hotmail account got spam emails from me. So I changed my password. But they've had them again today. I sent a test email to myself and another spam email was sent alongside it. My laptop blocked it as spam. But how is it doing it? Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valeriy Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 A couple of years ago I had a similar situation, but I just put a complex password with a word, capital letters and numbers. Since then everything is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Have you updated your AV app's virus definitions, Malware Bytes, and scanned your computer? Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I would suggest that you use Malware Bytes -- it's the one that doesn't seem to let these little suckers sneak in like Norton, Symantec and the others do. you can use the trial for 30 days, then $24 (USD anyway) bucks for the full version and you can license three PCs with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Because this happened after you changed the password you can be pretty sure you have a trojan on your own computer. I suggest downloading and running spybot search and destroy first. My second recommendation is eset smart security as an antivirus/firewall. It's very good and won't slow your system down significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Because this happened after you changed the password you can be pretty sure you have a trojan on your own computer. I suggest downloading and running spybot search and destroy first. My second recommendation is eset smart security as an antivirus/firewall. It's very good and won't slow your system down significantly. Agreed. I've been using Eset Nod32 for years and it's never let me down. It's what a lot of schools in my area use. -Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 I would suggest that you use Malware Bytes -- it's the one that doesn't seem to let these little suckers sneak in like Norton, Symantec and the others do. you can use the trial for 30 days, then $24 (USD anyway) bucks for the full version and you can license three PCs with it. Get the free version of MalWare Bytes and use it manually - don't let it run resident (the paid version) I work software support and a significant number of our customers problems come from Malware Bytes interference. It does a nice job blocking the bad stuff, but you're going to start hating your computer if you let it run resident. It really hurts performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Not trying to be a wise guy but buy a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Macs aren't immune to viruses either, though. I just pulled 3 Trojans off the company owner's personal macbook 2 weeks ago. I'm a big fan of malwarebytes for an after the fact situation on Windows PCs (and Clamxav for Macs), and Avast for a full time antivirus solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Not trying to be a wise guy but buy a Mac. Yeah, why wait for spyware to infect your PC when your MAC OS can spy on you right out of the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Get the free version of MalWare Bytes and use it manually - don't let it run resident (the paid version) I work software support and a significant number of our customers problems come from Malware Bytes interference. It does a nice job blocking the bad stuff, but you're going to start hating your computer if you let it run resident. It really hurts performance. could be right, I did the free version and ran in manually as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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