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Name: Kairtaka
Date: January 21, 2009 at 12:48:38 Pacific
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
CPU/Ram: 1.862 GHz / 1013 MB
Product: Hewlett-packard / Compaq presario c700 notebook pc
Subcategory: Viruses
Comment:


automatically generated emails are being sent out to my hotmail list these are the abbrev links
now.checkdizz.com
daparty.piclooks.com
awesome.quickgiftz.com
trying to identify virus so can fix the prob
any help appreciated




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Response Number 1
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: January 23, 2009 at 00:25:58 Pacific
Reply:

Are these emails being sent FROM your Hotmail account or TO your Hotmail account?

"So won’t you give this man his wings
What a shame
To have to beg you to see
We’re not all the same
What a shame" - Shinedown


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Response Number 2
Name: Kairtaka
Date: January 24, 2009 at 23:15:35 Pacific
Reply:

from mine to people on my list


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Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: January 25, 2009 at 07:30:01 Pacific
Reply:

Can you provide more information? Are you actually seeing this messages in your Hotmail sent folder? If so, change your Hotmail password for starters; or do people just see your hotmail account as the sender? There's a difference. Your email address could be spoofed, which means some other computer is sending the emails that appear to be coming from your account.

"So won’t you give this man his wings
What a shame
To have to beg you to see
We’re not all the same
What a shame" - Shinedown


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Response Number 4
Name: Kairtaka
Date: January 25, 2009 at 13:56:13 Pacific
Reply:

hi my friends (hotmail list) are receiving emails that appear to be sent by me without me knowing about them with what we suspect are some form of a virus these emails prompt people to open them


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Response Number 5
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: January 25, 2009 at 16:20:55 Pacific
Reply:

First of all, tell your friends not to open the emails unless they are sure the messages are actually from you.

Your email address is being spoofed, which means that someone who has your email address in his/her address book has a virus that's sending emails out that appear to be from you. If your friends are opening the emails, they risk infecting their systems as well if unprotected.

There's nothing you can do short of letting all your friends know not to open the emails. You can then (if you wish) create another hotmail account, and use that one exclusively.

"So won’t you give this man his wings
What a shame
To have to beg you to see
We’re not all the same
What a shame" - Shinedown


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Response Number 6
Name: wes66
Date: February 7, 2009 at 02:53:43 Pacific
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Hi there

Apparently my friends are getting these same messages from me - but through Windows Live Messenger (and I think, even when Im not logged on)

have you heard of this happening to anyone else?

Thanks


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