Trojan

Is there a way I can check if I have a trojan on my macbook pro? and get rid of it of course.

Thanks

Well tell us some details. If it is affecting your browsers, clean cache, cookies and history for starters in browser preferences. For Firefox this is Preferences > Privacy and Preferences > Advanced > Network > Clear Now.

If using Safari also hit the Reset button.

Be sure to read this sticky thread: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/209182-official-antivirus-malware-firewall-faq.html

Useful info.

Email problems

My email has been sending out emails that I am not sending - stuff like smoking patches etc. i just want to check my mac is clean of anything it shouldn't have - is there a check?

Many member ask the question about viruses and malware on the Mac and in addition to using the search function at the top of the forum, you'll find almost all your answers here:

Official Antivirus, Malware, and Firewall FAQ

Rob78 said:

My email has been sending out emails that I am not sending - stuff like smoking patches etc. i just want to check my mac is clean of anything it shouldn't have - is there a check?

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If I was a betting man (and I'm not) I would say your email account has been hacked/password cracked. Just change your email password to something harder to guess. See if it happens anymore.

Probably Hotmail or Gmail? They are the easiest and simplest to hack.

Thanks

Thanks for all your help. I have been told by aol it is a server issue and it's their problem. I have changed my password. They say it wont happen again. fingers crossed!

Rob78 said:

They say it wont happen again. fingers crossed!

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If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you. ;D

Rob78 said:

My email has been sending out emails that I am not sending - stuff like smoking patches etc. i just want to check my mac is clean of anything it shouldn't have - is there a check?

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It is quite possible that your e-mail account hasn't been compromised at all. Rather, it's possible that a spammer is spoofing (that is, falsely using) your e-mail address as their return address.

Or, it could be that a Windows virus is spoofing your e-mail address. Everyone that you know with a Windows PC who has your address in their addressbook is susceptible to hundreds of thousands of viruses. Some of those viruses can take your e-mail address from their addressbook and send out e-mail, all without your friend(s) knowing about it.

Unfortunately, other than suggesting that your friends use anti-virus software, there is nothing that you can do to prevent this.

See:

Answers.com - What is spoofing virus

E-mail spoofing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Email spoofing is a new from of spam

Spoofed/Forged Email

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting
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^ That has happened to me to twice with gmail, and since I have a 50 random character password (Ty 1Password!) I am pretty sure that it was a spoof.
And gmail has a Activity area so you can see when someone logs in from a different IP and no one had.