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Computer Help and Support

Kali

(56,712 posts) Tue May 8, 2012, 08:53 AM May 2012

friend's yahoo e-mail seems to be infected [View all]

I'm getting spam from a friend's email address. Any advice for what we should do? Should I block him or report it somehow? I expect he would like to keep the address as he has had it for a long time but how do you solve this?

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friend's yahoo e-mail seems to be infected [View all] Kali May 2012 OP

It's very possible your machine is infected and your address book may be the problem CK_John May 2012 #1

arrgghh Kali May 2012 #3

Some tips for dial-up. I had dial-up for over 14yrs and one thing I found out was CK_John May 2012 #5

Have they changed their password? DaveJ May 2012 #2

I don't know if he did that, he said he "logged out" of yahoo Kali May 2012 #4