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Dot_Hack · 11-29-2011, 05:22 PM

I'm getting spam email sent to my Gmail account...from my gmail account. I've changed my password and checked my Sent folder, there is nothing there. But it specifically says that it was sent from my email.

I've used:
Norton 360
Microsoft Security Essentials
MalwareBytes
SUPERAntiSpyware

But they've only found tracking cookies. Nothing big. Any ideas of what I can do?

Ordinary · 11-29-2011, 05:35 PM

It's not coming from you, it's a spambot's attempt to hit your inbox, as opposed to your spam folder (which is the goal of these bots, 100% inbox rate). Don't worry about it, they're just altering it so that it looks like it's from yourself, when it's really not.

Dot_Hack · 11-29-2011, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ordinary

It's not coming from you, it's a spambot's attempt to hit your inbox, as opposed to your spam folder (which is the goal of these bots, 100% inbox rate). Don't worry about it, they're just altering it so that it looks like it's from yourself, when it's really not.

But my contacts are also getting these spam messages.

And if it just a spambot does that mean that it's ok to go back to online banking on my computer.

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11-29-2011, 05:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ordinary Sonic’s Milkshake Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 313 Reputation: 12	It's not coming from you, it's a spambot's attempt to hit your inbox, as opposed to your spam folder (which is the goal of these bots, 100% inbox rate). Don't worry about it, they're just altering it so that it looks like it's from yourself, when it's really not.