My email fires off ad links/attachments

[Calm1]

Hi, for some time now I have had problems with my laptop. It started one Monday morning when I discovered that I had 23 emails. Most of these emails had been returned mail from addresses in my address book. It seems that my laptop had been firing off emails during the night.

I take it that a lot of the individuals who had been receiving the emails had security systems that blocked the emails sent from my address. Of those who had been able to open them, some had received dodgy attachments and adverts for viagra amongst other things.

I took advice on this and completely wiped my laptop clean. However, it is still happening periodically. I have McAfee full security system which keeps scanning and coming back clear as does others such as Avast which I have also tried on their own also spybot.

I bought a new laptop which had no files etc from the infected one and it has now started the same thing. The problem seems to be with the email. Have been to the Tech Guys at PC World and they reckon the same thing. I am never onthe laptop when these emails are being sent out. I take it this is being accessed remotely. What can I do?

[Dalo Harkin]

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