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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?
Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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It's common to see spam that appears to come from your own address. That's no indication whatsoever that your PC or your Outlook.com account have been compromised. Only if you see the messages in your Sent folder is it proof your account was compromised.
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.
Thank you, Eugene.
I have already performed the recommended steps above, but I am still receiving SPAM email from my own email address.
Any other suggestions?
KacieB
Hi Kacie,
Welcome to Microsoft Community!
I understand that you are having the same issue of receiving spam emails that were sent from your account. Let me assist you with your concern. With this issue
we strongly recommend
that you attempt changing your password immediately. If you're done changing your password but still having the same issue, we recommend that you scan your computer for viruses and malware using a reliable Antivirus product. Please visit the link below to know more about Microsoft's anti-virus:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx
There are some possibilities that there is a malware/virus downloaded to your computer, then gathers email addresses saved on your computer and sends itself out to all of those addresses.
Once your computer has been cleaned, immediately change your current password to a strong password. You may also need to check on the links below for additional information on how to protect your account from this issues.
**Outlook security – Help protect your account**
**My account has been hacked**
Should you have other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us back.
Thanks!
MYABE THILL HELPY!
Without further adue:
Account login: **@outlook.comPaswor: tres3333
Remember to change the password before some one else does it, so you can enjoy your account a lot longer!
Regarts,
Bob Alias