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Scam email

I opened my mail box this morning,and there was a mail from a friend I haven't heard from for a while.

I opened it and it was recommending a site selling laptops etc, and definitely wasn't from my friend as the English wasn't good.

I haven't clicked on the site link, and have run a Norton scan, and everything seems to be OK.

Does this mean my laptop is OK, and it is my friend that has the problem ?
You're only young once, but you can be immature forever :D

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  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,379 Forumite
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    You should be OK but it doesn't hurt to run a few of the scans recommended in the sticky at the top of the page.

    It's probably your friend that is infected or it could be a common friend who has both of you in their address book
  • MX5huggy
    MX5huggy Posts: 7,077 Forumite
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    Does your friend have a hotmail account by any chance?
  • charlies_mum
    charlies_mum Posts: 8,120 Forumite
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    The mail came from her yahoo mailbox, and if it wasn't for the awful English, I might just have opened the links.

    It was addressed to undisclosed recipients.

    I have sent her a text to tell her she may have a problem, and have run my Norton scan, but it hasn't found anything
    You're only young once, but you can be immature forever :D
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