A friend told me a short while ago that he'd received a spam e-mail from my hotmail account & suspects I've got a virus. I've just run a full system scan using Norton but it only found a tracking cookie. Obviously I deleted that but I doubt it's solved the problem. Any ideas as to what else I can try?
Run Spybot search and destroy as well if those 2 cant find owt, its highly likely you aint got any spyware. Have you tried any other anti virus?
It could be a virus but I think it is unlikely More likely a hacked hotmail account. Use a browser with phishing protection such as Firefox or IE8. Always use strong passwords - letters of upper and lower case plus numbers. Change your Hotmail password immediately.
One other thing It could be that the email is just using your hotmail address as the "from" address If your mate hasnt deleted it see if he can trace where it really came from - The way to do this varies though depending on the mail system used. In outlook its view > options > internet headers in some webmails its view full headers see it the path the mail followed is back to your isp also as Revvie says change your hotmail password asap
Password changed Also sent my mate a message to see if he can find out if it really was from my address.
The plot thickens Got a response to my message asking him to try & check the address. He says it wasn't a spam e-mail but a spam MSN message. (dunno)
