email spammed?

[daj]

Hello,

Looks like my hotmail account has been hacked into, had some emails from friends replying to a spam email I didn't send eeeekkkk (reference buying laptops from a website)

What do I need to do? Anything to worry about?

Cheers

Daj

 

[legrandefromage]

check your computer for viruses first.

 

[rosstheboss]

And change your password pronto....

 

[cyfa2809]

And change your password pronto....

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thats the one

 

[daj]

Yep looks like the laptop is gone a bit wonky!!

Any free spywares recommended?

I have malware by anti-malware but it never seems to find anything grrrrr

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Spybot Search & Destroy is quite thorough!

 

[daj]

Cheers will load it up , Seems the laptop problem was it loaded a "bing" tool bar but thats removed now and it seems fine now, have changed my password on msn now too.

 

[Andy B]

ADAware

Spybot S&D

AVG Free antivirus

I've used all the above and they seem to work, it's always Hotmail accounts that seem to get hacked & spammed, maybe use a different email provider instead?

 

[cyfa2809]

how did you remove bing toolbar? (the one in top right?)

 

[daj]

It was in "remove or ad programs" got rid that way