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Virus sending e-mails to my yahoo contacts

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Posted 02 July 2011 - 05:23 PM

For the past couple of weeks, I have noticed that an unknown virus has been sending unauthorized e-mails from my account to my yahoo contacts list with subjects titles such as "Amazing! You will feel something new and unforgettable!" or "no subject" or just the number "1" or "9". The body of the e-mails will have something to the effect of "...Do you want to have funny time tonight? So, this is especially for you! http://www.liscen.com/friends.page.php?ulyahooID=83up8".

If anyone can help with removing this I would greatly appreciate it.

D. Santoro

This post has been edited by hamluis: 02 July 2011 - 07:38 PM
Reason for edit: Moved from Web Browsing/Emial to Am I Infected.

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Posted 02 July 2011 - 06:54 PM

One important question...
Do you actually see those messages in "Sent" folder, or you know it because your friends told you?
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Posted 02 July 2011 - 08:45 PM

yes i can see them in my sent folder.

I have since changed my password for my yahoo e-mail account.

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Posted 02 July 2011 - 08:48 PM

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I have since changed my password for my yahoo e-mail account.

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Posted 03 July 2011 - 07:34 AM

i am still monitoring, but so far there has not been an issue since i changed my password a couple of days ago.

Maybe it was that easy

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Posted 03 July 2011 - 10:17 AM

Most likely.
If the issue was caused by some infection on your computer, changing a password probably wouldn't help.
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Posted 03 July 2011 - 01:06 PM

thanks, if i observe any problems, I will contact you

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Posted 03 July 2011 - 01:09 PM

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