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So how in the world did the people in my address book get an advertisement about Viagra?
I've done a scan... no viruses. I searched my Sent book and there is no record of me sending it; however, I know it was sent in my name. Solutions? Help.............
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- Brian TLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
All sorts of sneaky ways. Try one old trick. Make the first name and the last name in your adress book a little different by putting a "not" in front of them. Their automatic system will stop when the first or last name in the purloined list is not a legitimate address.
Source(s): Not sure why it works, but read about it about 5 years ago and tried it. Since I was on the address list (so I can get back stuff from the trash list if I accidentaly sent it there), I would know when some spam got into my address list. It is easy enough to remove the "not" before sending