sent emails i never sent!?

Question

In my sent items fields of my hotmail email address, there are dozens of sent emails, that i did not sent? is being virused? do i run a virus scan with my antivirus? it can scan my email address as well?

Answer 1

hey



this is possible



1-you got hacked

2-you got a virus



❶first scan your PC using your antivirus, if you haven't got any,use online scanning ..

http://www.pandasoftware.com

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

http://home.mcafee.com/Downloads/FreeScan.aspxhttp://security.symantec.com/sscv6/home.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=NUJSBRFNJSVSTIVVBEN

http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/default.htm

→if it finds some files and won`t delete them (due to commercial reasons that might happen) copy&paste the report on the notepad, search the files and delete them.



❣don't forget to unable your antivirus temporally before online scanning (if you have one)❣



❷then get a special program that removes MSN viruses

scan your PC to remove those typical MSN viruses

→LiveKill Clean Messenger

http://www.imessengr.com/2008/01/livekill-clean-messenger-remove-viruses.html

→LiveKill Clean Messenger Features:



* Disinfect msn of all the MSN viruses in only a few seconds.

* Register cleaning.

* Viral base automatic update.

* Usable on Windows XP and on Vista for all the versions of MSN and WLM.

* More than 2000 detected files.

* Language support



→MSN virus removal

http://www.msnvirusremoval.com/download.php



❸then change your password



→log in windows live hotmail

☇click on 'options'

☇click on 'more options'

☇ click on 'manage your account'

☇ click on 'View and edit your personal information'

☇ once in the account settings page

☇go to 'change password'

☇change it there

→or go here directly

https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=500&lc=1033



→Note❣

To better protect your account, make sure that your password is memorable for you but difficult for others to guess. Never use the same password that you have used in the past, and do not share your password with anyone. For security purposes, your new password must be a minimum of six characters long. A good password contains a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters (remember that your password is case sensitive) and numbers



❣tell your friends to scan their computers too to avoid being reinfected❣



hope my info helped

have a nice weekend



see ya

Answer 2

One of a couple things is probably happening.



One, your password may be compromised, or your account may have been hacked. This would most likely have been accomplished by someone guessing your password, or by running a keylogger on your system.



Two, you have a virus and your computer has been turned into a "Zombie". This virus will use your e-mail and address book to send out potentially hundreds of spam e-mails. It may also be reporting your actions, and even other passwords and personal info to a third party somewhere as well.



Personally, I think it's probably a virus. Virus scans are not 100% effective. Some Viruses can actually mess with your scanning software, either disabling it, or allowing themselves to stay hidden.

You could try scanning your system with a couple different scanners? Sometimes running more than one can pick up things that the other missed. They say not to run more than one Virus scan because they can pick up things that another program has quarantined, so its kind of like a false positive. I myself have gotten rid of nasty bugs that one scanner missed, by running another one, so it can work.



I dont know what Virus scan you use, but you can try Avast, it's free and comes highly rated. Also, for adware and spyware, Adaware, and spybot search and destroy are both reliable scanners.



If it is a virus, and it absolutely will not go away, you may have to reformat your hard drive and reinstall windows. A few viruses can survive even this, but most of the time it will do the trick.



Start with a full disk virus scan, and go from there......good luck!

Answer 3

What this is is some hacker somewhere in the world sending emails from other email telling people to go to a site(the site is usually a virus site or porn) or just random stuff to fix this block the email dont send anything for about 2-3 days and you should be fine

Answer 4

I believe your account password is compromised and someone else is using your account to send emails. Go to your profile settings and change the password as soon as possible and check back in a week

Answer 5

Is being virused? What kind of English is that? Stop sleep sending and you'll be fine.

Answer 6

maybe.. i fink!