[nfbcs] help with spam coming from my e-mail address

[cheryl echevarria]

I had it fixed. thank you, I had my computer crash last we and microsoft I 
thought had helped me fix everything and they didn't

So I had contacted them they gave me a credit and now we are working again.


Cheryl Echevarria
Independent Travel Consultant
C10-10646

http://Echevarriatravel.com
1-866-580-5574

http://blog.echevarriatravel.com
Reservations at echevarriatravel.com
Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel CST-1018299-10


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] help with spam coming from my e-mail address


> Cheryl,
>
> Make sure your virus program is up to date and run a complete scan on your 
> computer.  Depending upon what you are
> using, you may need something to scan for "malware" as well, which is a 
> little different than a virus.  Also, try to figure
> out if it is truly your contacts that are getting these messages or if it 
> is people on lists to which you are subscribe.  That
> can make a big difference.  Since you are on a few lists and you probably 
> have many contacts that are on the same
> lists, it might be hard to tell, but someone could be using your address 
> but getting names from lists without necessarily
> having gotten into your contacts or your computer.  Also see if messages 
> are coming from you when you know your
> computer is off.  That would also tell you that it isn't truly your 
> computer sending these messages.
>
> Sometimes viruses can actually be on someone else's machine and happen to 
> use your address from their contact list as
> the sender.  In that case, there is nothing you can do but at least you 
> know your system is clean.  However, don't
> assume that, check out your computer.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:37:16 -0400, cheryl echevarria wrote:
>
> >I need to know what to do, I am getting a lot of messages going to my
> >contacts and talk lists that have my e-mail address but is not me.  Any
> >suggestions.
>
> >Cheryl Echevarria
> >Independent Travel Consultant
> >C10-10646
>
> >http://Echevarriatravel.com
> >1-866-580-5574
>
> >http://blog.echevarriatravel.com
> >Reservations at echevarriatravel.com
> >Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel 
> >CST-1018299-10
>
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