Hotmail Virus sending me spam from my own email

Anonymous
2013-11-11T20:47:43+00:00

I seem to have a Virus in my email that is sending me spam emails from my own email address.

I use a chrome book so it doesn't have anti virus to sweep with.

I can't block the emails as they are from myself and hotmail says i am in my own contacts.  I have changed my email password and there are no forwarding addresses but it is still happening.

What should I do?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-10-26T01:54:57+00:00

    I have t h e same issue.Even after changing passwords it is still repeating.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-01T20:42:11+00:00

    I am having the same problem with two different aliases. Anything I can do?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-04-29T14:29:03+00:00

    I know... just practising. Thank you for your time you have been most helpful.

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  4. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,920 Reputation points
    2015-04-29T12:13:50+00:00

    Changing your password won't help. It has nothing to do with your account. Someone elsewhere in the world bought a list of addresses. One of the addresses on the list was yours. They then created their junk and made your address the sending address, but they aren't using your account. They're using their own Internet connection and spam machine to send out the messages.

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  5. Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,920 Reputation points
    2015-04-29T12:11:53+00:00

    Obviously, I didn't "prove" anything about Microsoft, since I don't work for them. All I did was state a fact. I really don't see the connection to "father's rights" or any of the other things you mentioned.

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