How Do I Stop My Email From Sending Random Messages To My Contact List?

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   Kevin Czapiewski on Jan 17, 2011 Log in to Reply

   Well, maybe you should(when you sign up for games, places, sweepstakes etc.) click off the do I want to sign up for the e-mails. I can’t solve your current problem but maybe solve future ones.

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   Christian G on Jan 18, 2011 Log in to Reply

   Try changing your password. If this fails try deleting your whole internet history including emptying your temp files. Last unsubscribe to any mailing lists that you no longer use (best buy, apple, etc). If all that fails I don’t know how to help you other then to get a new email address with a stronger password and being more cautious on how you use it

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   kimmielo on Jan 18, 2011 Log in to Reply

   Sounds like you have a virus or your account has been hacked. First change passwords to your email and any backup emails And other programs you have connected with that account. Then I would contact your email provider and let them know and they can help.
   I would also send a courtesy email to anyone the spam has emailed and let them know not to click any links on the auto-emails.

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   Richard on Jan 18, 2011 Log in to Reply

   1. Change your password!!!!!! While at it, also update your security questions and make your secondary email contact other than Yahoo/Hotmail-> use Google’s gmail. When you change your password, Yahoo/Hotmail re-encrypts your session cookie based off that new password. Since the hackers still have your old cookie and with your password not changed, they still can send out emails without you knowing.
   2. Do not click on emails that you do not know or go to websites that have these scripts that will steal your current cookies to access your accounts. How do you know if they have these scripts? You don’t. That’s why you don’t open them. If you do click on them, you will need to change your password again.
   3. Do a virus scan just in case but most likely they will NOT show up since it is NOT a worm/virus for your case. But, do a scan just in case to eliminate that possibility.
   4. You can try to contact Yahoo/Hotmail, but like many have said, they won’t do anything.
   5. Always log out of your email when finished and never click on “Keep me logged in” check box to clear out the cookie
   6. Make it a habit to CLEAN out your web browser cookies, since ANY site can have these security exploits without you knowing!!!!!
   7. Export your contact list as a backup since some hackers are getting bolder and will delete all of them.
   I did all these steps above and the emails have stop going out.
   To Yahoo/Hotmail engineers/staff reading this: You should consider encrypting the current IP address within the cookie to ensure that whoever is using it, IS AT the current IP address and if not have the person re-log in with their ID and password to gain access.

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     amor825 on Feb 10, 2012 Log in to Reply

     I changed my password; the problem is now that the password’s changed, every time I log in, they make me write a captcha, and it’s a waste of time. It’s as if I need two passwords every time I log on.

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