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Originally Posted by beechy
got an email from a friend with a load of spam on
supposedly sent by me,but obviously not
he told me my email account had been kijacked ?
can anyone tell me what this means and how to remedy it
thanks
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Further to the other answers, if anyone has been hijacked, it's not you, it's someone known by both you and your friend.
The infected PC sends emails to addresses in its inbox/address book/sent items while purporting to be from other addresses in its inbox/address book/sent items. It increases the chances if the email being trusted by the recipient.