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my yahoo mail address is sending viagra ads

  • 04-01-2010 09:20PM
    #1
    magoo1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭


    :confused:can anyone give me any idea how my email address is sending everyone in my address book ads for viagra, penis extensions etc, my spam is fine blocking everything else, and there are people in my address book pissed off cause its spam coming through my email address to them. and when its returned its sent to everyone in my address book.:confused:


Comments

  • #2
    smog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 613 ✭✭✭smog


    change your password is the first step.


  • #3
    magoo1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭magoo1234


    changed it now so we will se if that works cheers smog


  • #4
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    what antivirus do you have


  • #5
    dogbert27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭dogbert27


    This happened to me at the weekend. Sent out Saturday morning and Sunday morning around the same time.

    I have changed my password but will have to see if it goes out this morning at the same time to see if changing the password works.

    I've been reading around looking for some concrete fix but can't find anything.

    Does anybody know what's going on with this?


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