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Have I been got?
flossy_splodge
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I am getting a lot of spam that is coming in to any onee of my 3 email addresses. With 2 of them I use my name which is spelt in an unusual way. How could someone manage to send me an email with my name in the subject bar? Is it just that others could have included me in their address books and been got or has my address book been invaded. help. if its me what do I do? I run Zone alarm, AVG which is updated every day, Adaware, Spybot and Ewido. I update constantly and run them several times a week. Thanks:eek:
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It happens to everyone eventually
- usually if you have signed up on a website which has sold your details, or people with your email address in their contacts had a virus/trojan to harvest their address book.
You seem to have all the bases covered in terms of software, so don't worry too much.
If you think you have a problem, I find mcafees free stinger app to be good at finding bugs - give it a go:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.0
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