someone is using my email to spam others?

Question

I'm getting emails from people saying that theyre getting emails from me with a link in it that leads to god knows where. It sais something about making money real easy or something. I checked my sent messages and all these messages are being sent out but not by myself. what do I do to fix this??

Update:

Also, I am speaking about my hotmail account not my yahoo if that matters.

Mike S · Accepted Answer

The culprit is usually a win 32 trojan backdoor or bot that infects your computer ...then its programmed to spam all your contacts with a specific message....download and scan with these 2 free upgradeable utilities...and remove the infection/infections found....

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html

http://download.cnet.com/SuperAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html

Ben · Answer

1) Go to Options->forwarding and make sure that no one is forwarding your mail to their account.
2) Check Options->account details to make sure the password reset email is still going to your email account and not the hacker's.
3) Change your password. And change the password on any other account that uses the same password as your hotmail.

Zoner · Answer

Do you normally read your Hotmail emails from a browser or from a software like MS Outlook? If you're using outlook, then your PC's the culprit. It's infected with malware.

Get a good security suite, scan it, and you're done.

WaxenWings · Answer

Man, you hacked..
just get a new email or just continue with this one..
if they get a hold of this then..reboot or start over your computer/laptop.
hope i helped =D

tro · Answer

change your email and notify all your correspondents of the change

dumplingmuffin · Answer

this happened to my son,he had a virus

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