Roger sends his thanks for the suggestions in these emails, and apologies to anyone who receive the 'unwanted' mail.
-- Steve A11OGE Red 4/4 4 seater On 20 June 2012 11:45, William Noble <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]/ > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- 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
