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Someone used my email to send dodgy stuff to one of my contacts

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    So install one of those AV's, run a full scan, change all your online passwords on another PC and don't use any of the affected accounts until you're confident you are clean.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • The order to run things in my opinion is:

    Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46 - FileHippo.com Download and Install malwarebytes. Go to UPDATE tab at top, then click CHECK FOR UPDATES. Then run a QUICK SCAN. Once finished, remove anything it finds and post log here.

    Then go to UPDATE tab again, click CHECK FOR UPDATES, then run a FULL SCAN. (Going straight into full scan may take a longer time if there is malware already which can be removed with the quick scan). Remove everything it finds and post log here.

    Then download and install: Download HijackThis 2.0.4 - FileHippo.com
    Click on the top button in the program which will make a log within seconds.

    If you do have AVG on the computer, first remove it via the control panel, then remove anything left with: http://www.avg.com/download-tools

    Then Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus Install, update definitions and run a full scan. Remove everything found and post a log here.

    Now change the password/remove the e-mail account.
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