Hi Rosemary.
Did you run a full scan with AV ?

> On 2 Jun 2022, at 4:34 pm, Rosemary Spark <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> I have AV virus in place. It seems alert messages is created when I open 
> Apple mail…not from Gmail. 
> 
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 at 10:04, Stephen Chape <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I agree with Pete ..it sounds like a hack of some kind.
> 
> Do you use a virus and web protection software ?
> If you do, try running a full scan.
> 
> If not I have used Bitdefender for Mac for a few years.
> It consistently gets top of the list in tests and it has saved me a few times.
> 
> It also includes a VPN which is free for the first 200MB per day.
> You have the option of upgrading the VPN to a paid version but I have never 
> done that.
> I usually switch on the VPN when doing banking.
> 
> But only the paid version which is about $60.00.
> The free ones don’t seem to cover everything.
> 
> 
>> On 2 Jun 2022, at 7:41 am, Peter Crisp <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Sounds like you may have been hacked. But not sure what to do about it sorry.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>>> On 2 Jun 2022, at 7:26 am, Rosemary Spark <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Re-sending
>>> 
>>> I received about 1000 email messages in my gmail from me to me saying alert 
>>> election day....after the election. They were in the sent folder though I 
>>> didn't send them.
>>> I did not set up an alert at all.
>>> Any suggestions?
>>> 
>>> MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
>>>  Monterey 12.3.1
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rosemary Spark
>>> PO Box 781
>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
>>> Phone: + 61 ‭8 6397 6822‬
>>> Mobile: 0414268043
>>> 
>>> 
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> 
> Regards
> Stephen Chape
> 
> Mac by choice
> Windows because my employer knew no better
> 
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Regards
Stephen Chape

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