[78-L] good news- spam (and I didn't do it)

[Jeffrey Lichtman]

It won't. The problem isn't with Donna's machine or any of her accounts. 
Someone else's machine is infected and is sending out mail using her 
address. There really isn't anything she can do to stop it.


On 6/8/2016 10:54 AM, Darrell Lehman wrote:
> I've been told changing your password helps... ?
>
> Donna Halper wrote:
>> This is more of the same problem from about two months ago, when someone
>> else (not me) got their account hacked, at which point anyone in that
>> person's address book (and I _was_ in that person's address book) got
>> used as the name on the spam messages that suddenly began being
>> generated.  I'm not sure what to do about it-- my account was NOT
>> hacked, and I virus scan every message.  But the spamming continues, in
>> my name and in other people's.  I thought it had died down, but
>> periodically it arises all over again.  I'm truly sorry this is
>> happening, and I would welcome suggestions about what to do about it.
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