I think my hotmail has a virus

[Raych]

Over the last few days, odd things have been happening with my hotmail account. I have lots of messages in my sent folder to addresses I dont know and they are all spam electronics websites etc. I have run AVG, Adaware, Comodo AV, Search & Destroy, all have found nothing.
Could this be a virus within my actual hotmail account rather than my computer? I have changed the password but it is still happening.

Examples of emails being sent from my address below, I also have other language versions being sent, looks like greek and russian:

Dear friends,

Sheng Hui is our company, our web site: SHENZHEN Weichuang Digital E-business Co.,Ltd. We mainly sell electrical appliances, digital cameras, mobile phones, LCD TVs, game consoles, notebook computers, home of the MP4, GPS, accurate, we are one of the largest electronic wholesalers. Most of the profit can be found here, we can only win the trust of the customers high-quality products, reasonable price and good service, please visit our contact us at any time.

MSN: Service@ciciol.com
E-mail: Service@ciciol.com


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fotocamere digitali, cellulari, TV LCD, Xbox, Laptop, DV, Mp4, GPS, prezzi competitivi



Caro amico
Noi siamo il taipingyang società, il nostro sito web: www.ciciol.com . Abbiamo soprattutto vendere elettrici product.such come fotocamere digitali, cellulari, TV LCD, Xbox, Laptop, DV, Mp4, GPS, e così on.If che si desidera acquistare qualcosa, ti invitiamo a contattarci liberamente, la nostra azienda vuole offrire sconti maggiori e migliori servizi per le imprese la cooperazione con lei / il tuo company.Any altri preoccupazione si sono benvenuti a visitare il nostro website.please non esitare a contattarci all'indirizzo:

MSN: Service@ciciol.com
E-mail: Service@ciciol.com

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Any ideas on how to stop this would be great, this has been my main email for years and I dont want to change it unless I have to. Also, any ideas on how this could have happened would be very interesting.


Thanks, Raych.

[ignys]

Hi,

don't worry your computer is not infected. From time to time I also get an e-mails like these one. Just mark them as spam and they won't show up in your inbox again. There might be several reasons why you get such an e-mails. I think spammers generates lots of login names and you have a similar login with those generated. It's only matter of time when hotmail team will notice these e-mails and will block the spammers.

[wingrider]

ignys, I don't think you answered his question. I am also having his problem. MY computer is the one sending out the messages from those electronic places. They're sent to EVERY address in my Hotmail account and I am getting some nasty replies...and losing friends.

Scans show nothing, I have antivirus, adware/malware programs, and a firewall. However my Hotmail account sends out those messages about once every 2 months.

Any other ideas of what is wrong with my computer?

[amykins82]

Ok, so I know what you all mean as well. I am having the same problem. I have had the same e: addy for the longest time and I have added another one, but of course, everyone still uses the original, even with the continous vacation reply.

My problem is the same as a few of the others, my hotmail seems to be sending Spam to a TONNE of email addresses (from the looks of it, anyone who has a @hotmail, @live or @whatevertheotheronemsnowns,richsobs.com oh yeah, it's @msn.com. I have a new email account, I am willing to accept that I have no other choice, my question is, Can I transfer my contact list from one to the other, or will the virus be transferred as well? Please let me know ASAP, this is a pain in the ASS much help is, as always, F'INPRECI8D

[meloxi]

I went into my account settings and removed the "caro amico" message from my SIGNATURE and OUT OF OFFICE. That seems to do the trick, at least in gmail. Good luck