[Essexboy]

Did it come from your computer, or was it from your webmail ?

Look in your sent items folder of your e-mail client and note whether they are sent from there and how many

[Advertisements]

I don't know if it sent it to everyone on my list, but I got automatic replies back from emails that don't exist anymore, and I got manual replies back from real people asking about it. It must be from a program I downloaded in the last few days.

[wickkidda]

I don't know if it sent it to everyone on my list, but I got automatic replies back from emails that don't exist anymore, and I got manual replies back from real people asking about it. It must be from a program I downloaded in the last few days.

[Essexboy]

Do you use a webmail ? i.e. Hotmail or something like that ?

If so then reset the password on the account and see if the spam continues

[wickkidda]

OK, I'll do that. What I suspect is I downloaded a program that finds the product keys of things installed on your system, and it might've been a trojan.

[Essexboy]

Before you run any programme like that I would always recommend that you scan it with an Antivirus and an Antimalware programme

Could you run a malwarebytes scan and post the log please

[wickkidda]

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.51.0.1200
www.malwarebytes.org

Database version: 6961

Windows 6.1.7600
Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385

6/28/2011 5:40:12 PM
mbam-log-2011-06-28 (17-40-12).txt

Scan type: Quick scan
Objects scanned: 177352
Time elapsed: 4 minute(s), 54 second(s)

Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 0

Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Files Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

[Essexboy]

Keep an eye on your mail for the next day or so - Could you confirm that you changed your password

[wickkidda]

I changed it. You don't think it's a virus? Just someone or something remotely using my email?

[Essexboy]

There is the probability that your e-mail password was hacked and someone was using it to spam.

Any further occurences ?

[wickkidda]

No, it's probably fine now. I had this problem before and I changed my password, and I must've changed it back to the old one at some point and that's why it happened again.

[Essexboy]

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