Hi there,
Yeah I ran a full scan with Total AV and it says all is well.
Mind you, I guess it could be something on iPhone or iPad rather than the
computer.

Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781
South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
Phone: + 61 ‭8 6397 6822‬
Mobile: 0414268043




On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 at 16:42, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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]> 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]> 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]> 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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