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PLEASE HELP - Does my Mac have a virus?
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<blockquote data-quote="hershe" data-source="post: 1434496" data-attributes="member: 266346"><p>hi there,</p><p>a friend of mine has by now received two email messages from someone using my first and last name, but some yahoo email address i have never heard of before. there is no subject line, or the subject line says "Fwd:". there is a link, which is not a true website link, but a forwarding link, which takes you to a website, that says something to the effect of "Work from home Mom makes 10,000 in a month" or some crap like that. </p><p>just under the link, there is a date and a time. Both times the actual email addresses have been different, but of course, my name is attached to those correctly spelled out (it is not a usual first name I have, and I believe i am the only one with this first last name combo, period). It is only this one person that gets that email, that i am aware of. I asked others in my gmail/outlook address book, but no one else has gotten this. thank god.</p><p>I might have gotten myself into trouble few months ago, when i was communicating with someone on craigslist about something i wanted to purchase. I got an email from them where i was the received along with 4-5 other people. the email address of the sender was the exact same as the one of the person i was emailing back and forth with (if you notice above, in the case where it appears that i sent something, they only use my name, but not my actual email). there was a link, and of course, i clicked on the **** thing, so that's how i know what is behind it.</p><p>my question is, does anyone know how to stop this? do i have a virus of some sort? i have downloaded a free trial of Norton and did a full system scan, nothing was found though...</p><p>please help me. obviously, my emails were not hacked (i have couple that i use), since they are using just my name, but a diff address... </p><p>OS was Snow Leopard, now is Mountain Lion, if it makes a difference. </p><p>ANY HELP will be outmost appreciated! THANKS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hershe, post: 1434496, member: 266346"] hi there, a friend of mine has by now received two email messages from someone using my first and last name, but some yahoo email address i have never heard of before. there is no subject line, or the subject line says "Fwd:". there is a link, which is not a true website link, but a forwarding link, which takes you to a website, that says something to the effect of "Work from home Mom makes 10,000 in a month" or some crap like that. just under the link, there is a date and a time. Both times the actual email addresses have been different, but of course, my name is attached to those correctly spelled out (it is not a usual first name I have, and I believe i am the only one with this first last name combo, period). It is only this one person that gets that email, that i am aware of. I asked others in my gmail/outlook address book, but no one else has gotten this. thank god. I might have gotten myself into trouble few months ago, when i was communicating with someone on craigslist about something i wanted to purchase. I got an email from them where i was the received along with 4-5 other people. the email address of the sender was the exact same as the one of the person i was emailing back and forth with (if you notice above, in the case where it appears that i sent something, they only use my name, but not my actual email). there was a link, and of course, i clicked on the **** thing, so that's how i know what is behind it. my question is, does anyone know how to stop this? do i have a virus of some sort? i have downloaded a free trial of Norton and did a full system scan, nothing was found though... please help me. obviously, my emails were not hacked (i have couple that i use), since they are using just my name, but a diff address... OS was Snow Leopard, now is Mountain Lion, if it makes a difference. ANY HELP will be outmost appreciated! THANKS [/QUOTE]
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