Apple Mail Version 9.2 (3112) (iMac El Capitan) is sending mails to all my contacts without intervention of a user. What can I do to solve this problem? What software can I use to get rid of harmful spyware, virus,...?
Thanks
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
Hi lukefromdeerlijk,
You can use Malware Bytes and Avast to give your computer a scan. If you have MacKeeper installed, please follow this guide to remove it: http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-remove-mac-antivirus-software- mackeeper-refund-3612033/
Let me know how you get on.
Regards,
BleverCastard.
How do you know that this is happening?
It is more likely that a spammer has decided to spoof your email address and send emails to your contacts.
First, never use any kind of "anti-virus" or "anti-malware" software on a Mac. That's how you cause problems, not how you solve them. Your problem is certainly not caused by a "virus."
Most likely, a spammer has compromised the mail account or PC of one of your contacts, and is forging your address as the return address in the headers of his messages. The bounce messages from mail servers that reject the spam come back to you. You should check your own mail accounts to make sure there's been no unauthorized activity.
You can create a Mail rule to delete the bounce messages automatically. Most often, the problem lasts only a few days before the spammer moves on to another forged address.
if a person have access to your email and password it would be a million times more complex to send mails using your apple mail program
they could do it from the mail providers web client or even their own computer.
TD;DR it's unlikely they are sending the mails from your computer
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