Hotmail Virus?

[Keymaker]

Latest and top threats.


http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/warezov_at.shtml


There's more to "firewalls"than SPI firewalls...http://www.matousec.com/projects/fir...ge/results.php

As far as your Anti virus solutions go...

http://wiki.castlecops.com/AntiVirus_Comparison

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2135092,00.asp

http://www.av-comparatives.org/ ====> http://www.av-comparatives.org/seite...se_2008_02.php


This is a links which holds only a sample virus. It won't hurt your computer. If your virus software doesn't alert you, then you better find something else. http://www.avira.ro/en/threats/secti...netsky.hb.html

[celticwatersbjc]

same thing happened to me...three time this past week...I'm just not sure what I am supposed to do to stop it. It's quite annoying! I'm a real novice at computers...so any assistance from those more experienced might help. I do have an antivirus program on my laptop...why would this still happen?

[bkpiloti69ss]

spent 2hrs and 41min last sunday on phone with m-soft over this!!!!!last week i installed I.E.7 and almost ended up tossin my l-top in the street.4.5 DAys . UN-INSTALL "7" and hope it's not ruined!!! Mine works but, 10 times worse than b-4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DeathWish187]

use gmail

[notjustpretty]

I think it is also problem for gmails
Unauthorised use of my Gmail contact list - Reading Messages | Google Groups

and mac computers too...
Apple - Support - Discussions - Browser hi-jack, virus, worm or ? ...

my Aunt's computer has sent me an email (and all her contact list)
if there is a copy in her sent folder, I assume it's not just a spoof and she should at least change her password... maybe reinstall everything?

I can't tell from reading these forums if this is a system wide problem like a virus/worm or what?

any advice from those whove fixed the problem?

[notjustpretty]

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[slagski]

I actually received one of the emails from a friend of mine and then I sent a new message back (not a reply) to tell her to check out her computer for a virus. A few minutes later I recieved a reply that had VACATION REPLY in the subject line and the same message from the original email. I'm betting that the problem is actually with M-Softs server where the info is stored not your own computer. Anyone that has a problem or gets an email should notify hotmail so they can pull thier heads out and solve the problem.

[rlspaulding]

Quote:

Originally Posted by slagski

I actually received one of the emails from a friend of mine and then I sent a new message back (not a reply) to tell her to check out her computer for a virus. A few minutes later I recieved a reply that had VACATION REPLY in the subject line and the same message from the original email. I'm betting that the problem is actually with M-Softs server where the info is stored not your own computer. Anyone that has a problem or gets an email should notify hotmail so they can pull thier heads out and solve the problem.

This EXACT problem is happening with me right now! I wish I knew how to rid of it... as I would hate to lose all my emails and such by having to cancel the account and switchover to say...gmail.

Any solutions yet??

[AUDIocee]

I don't know if this is a fix/solution.
Goto your hotmail options, select 'vacation' and remove the advertisement from there, and set the autoreply to 'Off'.
Also in the options, check your signature. Mine had the advert installed there as well. I've tried sending email to my work acct and it looks ok right now.
As to how this happened, I imagine it's a virus on the Microsoft server.

[emsr2d2]

This happened to me. The exact same message went to everyone in my contacts list today, appeared in my Sent Items 70-odd times, but also every recipient bounced back a Mail Delivery Failure message into my inbox.

I then found that the whole message was installed as my personal e-mail signature, and also as my vacation reply, though my vacation reply wasn't activated.

I've run AVG, Microsoft Malicious Software Tool, Search and Destroy, Ad-Aware and they all say there's no virus.

I'll be changing my email password but from what I've read before that may not make any difference so I'll be keeping a close eye on it for the next few days. I'm sincerely hoping it doesn't happen again as I can't keep sending apologies to everyone in my address book!