Email virus

[Jim]

I got an email from a "Dan Henson" from castbullets@yahoo.com. It was infected with a virus and hacked my email password. I have since corrected the problem. If you receive such an email, DON'T OPEN IT!

[Olevern]

Thanks for the heads up, Jim.
vern

[trooperdan]

Thanks Jim, that one slipped through my program and my personal standards somehow... emailed everyone in my address book. sorry guys! You may have gotten it from Trooperdan@prodigy.net also .. I hate spammers!

[bucklind2]

That is a great reason to own an apple. Very few if any of that type of problems. Have a great day guys.

[fecmech]

I was told in the past to put aaaaaaaaaa@aaa.aaa at the beginning of your address book and it would prevent spammers from sending out a virus using your email. I don't know how or if it works, just thought I'd mention it.

[Able 5]

It got me Jim, what did ya do to fix it?

[Jim]

It's a branching self operating virus. Nothin' you can do to fix it. All it does is go into your addy and replicate itself to all the addresses in your list.

Watch for it to come back. The key word in the outside title is "hey" or "hi" with the letters "bit" in the title. Just delete it and it won't replicate.

[Able 5]

Got ya. Ran spybot just in case. be safe out there

[waksupi]

Reboot your computer in safe mode. Run deep scan with Malwarebytes. That should catch the virus, and you will be able to eliminate it. You must be in safe mode, or the virus will keep replicating itself.