Andy You seem to have covered most of the points. The only other possibility is email address spoofing but I doubt that is the case here as if you got a mail from him it is no doubt using his address book to mail all his contacts.
The email address I have for him is a btinternet.com one and although it's possible this has been compromised it's also possible he has picked up a trojan of some description. If he changes his password on the account he should also check that any other security questions, if there are any, and alternative email address for confirming password change are also checked and updated. A full system scan with updated virus definitions is essential. Bill On 20 Jun 2012, at 10:56, Andy Garlick wrote: > I am no expert on this, (and there are others here who are much better than I > ) but he must go back into his account and change the password immediately. > He should then send an email to his contact list warning them of the spam as > a courtesy, and telling them not to open the messages with any links in that > purport to come from him. > > I would also update his anti-virus/firewalls and then run a full system scam > to clear out anything that might still be resident in the computor. > > He might want to considering ditching this particular email account if the > above do not solve the problem. Some web based email accounts are very prone > to this , especially Hotmail. > > Andy > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
