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does this mean I have a virus?

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  • soolin
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    I assume that your e-mail account usually saves sent mail though? (i.e. stuff that you actually send)

    If that's the case, it would seem that you are still fairly secure and that someone is sending e-mails, but with your "return address" on them.

    All my sent mail is kept and I have checked all my mail settings to make sure they hadn't been amended. I also sent a test email to a hotmail account and a copy of that was retained in my sent folder, so nothing has been switched off.
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  • soolin wrote: »
    All my sent mail is kept and I have checked all my mail settings to make sure they hadn't been amended. I also sent a test email to a hotmail account and a copy of that was retained in my sent folder, so nothing has been switched off.

    Still wouldn't do any harm to run the 2 scans mentioned above sometime though;)
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
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