My hotmail is sending out e-mails

ClootiesMum

Hi there,

Really silly question but e-mails have been sent from my hotmail address to some addresses in my mailbox (most were returned as undeliverable). Is this likely to be a virus, a trojan or something malware needs to fix.
The e-mails are offering "I have a good offer" type of thing.

I have AVG & run this fully every day or so & am running Malwarebytes Anti-malware at present....

But as I'm not sure what I'm likely to have I don't know what else to do - any suggestions (please be nice, I am trying...)

CM

Darksun

It doesn't necessarily mean your account or computer has been compromised. It's trivial to spoof the senders address when sending spam, so it could be that your address was used as the sender, which means any delivery errors (or complaints) will end up in your mailbox.

ClootiesMum

Thanks Darksun - I must admit it was only a few addresses from my mailbox. but the said items were in my sent items - would this also be expected?

Thanks

eslick

change your password, I would think as they are in your sent box someone has got into it or possibly a virus, but one of the experts will be able to tell.

ClootiesMum

Password changed

Thanks

Darksun

Ah, well if it's in your sent mail, that means your account has been compromised. Change your password, I'd also advise changing the password anywhere else you use it, and checking any services that have that email registered.

JustPassingBy

ClootiesMum wrote: »

Thanks Darksun - I must admit it was only a few addresses from my mailbox. but the said items were in my sent items - would this also be expected?

Without a sight of the full email headers it is not easy to make an assessment.

ClootiesMum

The header is simply Re:

& the message is

I recently found a very good company, its products are very cheap, delivery is also very fast, I've bought some products, quality is very good, you will need, go let's see it.
********.com.
You will be very pleasantly surprised
Greetings


You know the type..

I'll change all other passwords - Thanks

ses6jwg

My Mums email did this, I advised her to change her password, delete all her emails and to move to Gmail, just to be safe.

cit_k

Its happened to me before also, I think hotmail has security issues, as its the only service that has been compromised for me...

-TangleFoot-

ClootiesMum wrote: »

The header is simply Re:

If you look a little deeper you'll find it's a little more complicated than that.