I have a virus, but where?

I just started out of Office responses from my contacts and have had a call from a friend saying that I have sent 2 emails in 30mins last that something like this:

Hey!

Signed with my email address.

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I went through all the threads here who say "Mac don't you virus ', but I have one... or something not?

I have used Clamxav on my two machines, and he called a white.

My email is through gmail, using mail on the Macs and iPhones, OX10.8.5

It is a fairly common phenomenon that does not have any type of malicious software on your computer.

It's a simple matter to send electronic messages of anywhere in the world with a fake "from:" address. The recipient can know who actually sent the message by looking at the header files, but the simplest is to present the source (including the headers) of SpamCop.

The only other question is why these messages don't seem to go to your friends. It is usually the result of your gmail account, after having been hacked somehow. Could be that you have answered in a phishing e-mail you asking the box enter your username and password or they could just used a brute force method to understand your password after you have found somewhere with e-mail address. Once they are able to connect to your Gmail using WebMail, they have access to all your contacts.  So, I change my password immediately, then connect to mail.gmail.com and select 'Settings' of the gear icon near top right, click on the "Accounts and import" tab and less "grant access to your account:" give of course is not any door account surreptitiously entered. This feature is very convenient when you have a Secretary to deal with your e-mail, but allows easy access to any intruder who manages to get.

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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