Comments for I've been accused of sending random emails - could I have a virus?

Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-10-25

2007-10-25T23:08:57Z

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It may not be a virus, and may have NOTHING to do with you or your computer:
http://ask-leo.com/someones_sending_from_my_email_address_how_do_i_stop_them.html

Leo

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Comment from Star Ostgard on 2007-10-24

2007-10-25T00:40:03Z

Today I received a spam email - from me. The "sender" had my exact email address. I immediately followed your advice from another article and changed my password; I also reported it to Yahoo, whether they can do anything or not. I don't understand how I could have a virus, though. I have an up to date firewall, my virus protection automatically updates several times a day, and I run another virus/spyware detector at least once a day; nor do I ever open attachments (unless from someone I know and then I verify with them first). So as far as I know, I've been diligent about protecting my computer.

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Comment from Gail Richardson on 2007-03-24

2007-03-24T23:36:11Z

I had exactly what happened in the email, happened to me while on aol. I got kicked out of aol. When I was finally able to clear my name, I changed my password. And was allowed to use aol, again. But since then I started using broadband, & free aol. But no virus's show up on my computer. I guess I was one of the lucky ones.

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Comment from Norman Rondeau on 2007-03-23

2007-03-24T06:04:11Z

Excellent article. I would like to add that there are a number of web sites where you can check your computer for viruses, malware and even check your firewall. These are a good supplement to whatever protection you run on your computer. The more active the roll you take in keeping your computer secure, the less chance of the dreaded reformat.

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Comment from Nina R. Santiago on 2007-03-23

2007-03-24T03:17:28Z

Really like your information.. thank so much..
I have never been able to sign into Outlook Express. something about my settings.. What to do? thanks again

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Comment from Ken on 2007-03-23

2007-03-23T15:45:07Z

My wife's consulting business has, over the past year or so, seen a tremendous increase in "malware", and now generates most of its business cleaning off people's computers. (Without losing any data >95% of the time, unlike "the easy way" of reformat and start over.) We have seen computers that can liteally take 10 minutes to boot because of all the malware on them. Some have been infected with literally thousands of copies of viruses and/or spyware.

It's amazing that people still run without any protection, or with 3-year-old antivirus databases, and no firewalls

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