My computer is hacked, what can I do?

Several of my friends receive emails from email (on working from home) that I didn't send.

One of my friends sent email to me, I checked that she had been sent to and there was

several email addresses that I have not used in a long time, and one was a company by e-mail

I never use unless I have a question for an Atty.  In addition, my computer works even when I'm not on it.

Furthermore, I'm not a computer expert, so need to answer either in language I can understand.

I checked my firewall on what it is and work.

Hello

Which is called Spoofing and its pretty easy for a spammer to make. Of course, it does
it look like you or the other person has sent the e-mail. Someone intercepted an email and
It may not be you who caused him. Account of a friend could have been consulted
or even someone could have sent an email on your behalf to someone else who has been
compromise. Your friend can access headers and block the real senders of
those who will change often.

How to read the message headers
http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/header.html

What Email Headers can tell you about the origin of Spam
http://email.about.com/cs/spamgeneral/a/spam_headers.htm

E-mail spoofing
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing

E-mail spoofing and Phishing
http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.broadcast.FAQ/46.email.spoofing.htm

Understanding E-mail Spoofing
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/email-spoofing.html

Fraudulent emails (false)
http://pages.eBay.com/education/spooftutorial/

Google search - email Spoofing
http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&EI=FB1nS9DiNo7CsQPNhKGdAw&SA=X&Oi=spell&resnum=0&CT=result&CD=1&ved=0CAgQBSgA&q=email+spoofing&spell=1

I hope this helps.

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