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I think my iCloud mail account has been infected with a virus. What do I do?
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There are no know viruses for Macs at this time. What makes you think there's a problem? Can you describe it in detail and include a screenshot of what you're experiencing? Are you experiencing this with Mail on your Mac or with mail at the iCloud.com site?
Also download and run Etrecheck. Copy and paste the results into your reply. It's a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC to help identify the more obvious culprits.
Hi thomas.
Like a complete idiot i entered my hotmail password. im changing the password but is there anything else to be worried about?
xTLO wrote:
Hi thomas.
Like a complete idiot i entered my hotmail password. im changing the password but is there anything else to be worried about?
Other than alerting your contacts that they should not click the link in any WhatsApp e-mail messages they may have received from you, no. There's still no evidence of any kind that malware is involved here, it's just a phishing scam.
Could this be related to the recently discovered Mail weakness? http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/serious-ios-bug-makes-it-easy-to-steal-u sers-icloud-passwords/
Those who say they never entered a password may well be entering one later when prompted.
email virus WhatsApp - sending itself to all in my address book
