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Sponanteous rebooting and something keeps hijacking email

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by racsan, 2010/04/24.

  1. 2010/04/24
    racsan

    racsan Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Security Form found that I do not have a virus, trojan, worm, etc and suggested I repost problem in other area. I don't know if this is the correct one or not.

    Problem started a week ago with spontaneous rebooting and something hijacking my address book and sending out emails (this has happen twice in a week).

    Can you direct me?

    Thanks
     
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  2. 2010/04/25
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Is your pc randomly rebooting itself? You can go to

    Control Panel->System icon->Advance tab->Startup & Recovery Settings button. UNcheck/disable the "auto reboot" option. Instead of rebooting you'll probably get a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) which can be searched on for a solution.

    You can go to http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 to search on for example: STOP 0x00000050


    Give us more info the on the email deal. Is a mail going out to everyone in your address book and your finding copies of the mail in the sent folder?
     
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  4. 2010/04/25
    racsan

    racsan Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks for the reply...The email is going out to everyone in address book and copies are in my sent folder. The subject line has a persons name in it (people I don't know) and there is a web address in the body of email. It has done it twice in a week.
     
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  5. 2010/04/25
    Admin.

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    AOL email is (AFAIK) a web based system, so your account has been hijacked, there's most likely nothing on your computer related to that problem.
     
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  6. 2010/04/26
    racsan

    racsan Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    What should I use as for an email account? AOL's help just said to check computer for virus and change my password? I have deleted my whole address book so what ever is going on it can't send out anything.
    Thanks for you guys helping. Ya'll are the best and I would think of going anywhere else for help.
     
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  7. 2010/04/26
    Steve R Jones

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    You can still use AOL. Changing the password in theory should keep the hacker out.

    But if want to switch - www.Gmail.com is a good freebie.
     
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  8. 2010/04/26
    racsan

    racsan Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks for the advice
     
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