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[yogi-bear]

Hi guys,

Just got back home....logged into Hotmail with my 'yogibear' address and found three e-mails waiting........one was from zzxxee...one from apple and one from adobe...i opened up Zzxxee's......and just as i was reading it a 'malware threat detected' alarm came up on my anti-virus. i came off it and went back in and the same thing happened on zzxxee's e-mail. This seems odd as there was no suspect attachment.

Any explanation and what do you think?......has my Hotmail account on that name been compromised?

Thanks for any light on this, folks.

All the best

Yogi :0)

[Old_Geezer]

Ah gotta watch out for that Zzxxee.

Anyway, unsure, but I think I'd delete it and ask for a resend.
Sure it is your AV and not some malware that's mimicing it ?
Or it could be some kind of false positive. Update your AV datafiles and see if the problem goes away. Might be wise to scan the PC anyway looking for virus or other types of malware. I would in your shoes, to be on the safe side.

[MarkRae]

Highly unlikely to be a virus, or evidence of anything more sinister.

Much more likely is that your AV software is throwing what's known as a "false positive".

Do you have the latest updates? Did any of the emails contain an attachment?

[yogi-bear]

Thanks for the advice, Old G and Trim.

E-mail deleted, will update AV files and running scans now.

Cheers guys.....and quick response too. Appreciated :0)

[yogi-bear]

Hiya Mark,

Thanks for your post.....yep the Adobe one had an attachment, as did the Apple but i had'nt opened them yet, just zzxxee's.

Checking for updates as mentioned etc. Think you and Old G are right.....could be a false positive and making sure full scan is carried out.

Cheers, MR.........and you are a true star, mate, after i read what you did for Mollykins lifeboat fund.......(i sent a generous ( well, i think so anyway.......lol ) cheque myself)......but your generosity is just brilliant, Mark and i hope she/ the commitee quite rightly give you the thanks and appreciation you deserve. ....Top man! :0)

[China Doll]

Been having the same problem for the last hour myself... Just installed Naz's thing and am running a scan... 149 objects currently infected for which I assume the treatment isn't an antibiotic... Pain in the proverbial.

[China Doll]

Been having the same problem for the last hour myself... Just installed Naz's thing and am running a scan... 149 objects currently infected for which I assume the treatment isn't an antibiotic... Pain in the proverbial.

[yogi-bear]

Hey CD,

Yep....telling me it is.....i'm now running an Ad Aware scan just to be safe. :0) x

[China Doll]

I don't even know what that is! I have ad-blocker on firefox, is that the same? I have avaris and it updates itself automatically, it's usually fine.

[snags]

^ Avast...

[China Doll]

Thank you brain :c)

[askyourgran]

I've just done a full scan on Malwarebytes, came up with 27 faults.and now quarantined. it took 2hrs 15mins to do. Hopefully I;m clear now.I hardly dare open anything.

[MarkRae]

AYG, if Malwarebytes says you're clean, you can take it as read that you're clean. It's the industry standard for this type of utility.

However, run it again if you like and, when it finds nothing, you'll know...:-)