Hotmail Virus sending me spam from my own email

I am having the same issue.

It is impossible to prevent someone from sending messages using your address as the sender.  The sender and recipient addresses you see in email are just strings of characters.  You can use any string you want without affecting the true sender and recipient.  Spammers use the recipient address as the sender address as well because most people don't or can't block their own address.

Receiving this type of message in no way indicates your account has been compromised, by the way.  If the messages arrive in the Inbox, mark them as junk.  You might want to try creating a rule to handle common strings in the subject or body, but that's not usually all that effective.  If the messages arrive in the Junk folder already, then simply ignore them, since the junk filter is working as it should keeping them out of your Inbox.

HI Audrey_P,

I am also being the victim of this. how can this be rectified. 

kindly givew me a solution i have been a paid user of microsoft subsriptions and these spams are really annoying.

regards

Enoch

Hi Audrey_P

I am experiencing the same problems like KacieBlake. (Some of my contacts and myself get a spoofmail) I have also already done the steps which were provided by Eugene S. and am still receiving spam email, which is sent from my account.

Could i also send you the full message source of the spam?

Kind regards

NickRafferty

Hi Kacie, 

We have verified that the message you received  is a hoax and was not sent by Outlook.com (formerly known as Windows Live  Hotmail). Microsoft has no control over e-mail messages or websites that  imitate company trademarks, logos, or copyrighted materials. The sources of  hoax e-mail messages and fake web sites will try to encourage people to  disclose personal information or open the provided links. We strongly advise  not to provide any personal information or click any links on the message for  your own security.

  To help you identify and learn more whether an e-mail is a scam, please  refer to these articles:

How to recognize phishing email messages,  links, or phone calls

     http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx

Email and web scams: How to help protect  yourself

    http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-scams.aspx#Victim    

E-mail spoofing

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing 

Understanding E-mail Spoofing

    http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Email-Spoofing.html 

It is also a good idea to secure your account by following the steps on  this link:

Microsoft account security info: FAQ

     http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/account-security-password-information

Regards!