IT Queries: Computer problems answered

I am getting large amounts of email that purports to be responses from me sending out spam which I didn’t send.  

Do you have any service or program I can use to cleanse my system as I suspect there may be a hidden program using my computer to send out spam. I do have Mcafee and its up to date but always says I’m virus free.

You almost certainly aren’t infected with a virus. What’s happening is somebody else’s computer is and it is sending out spam email with your email as the return address.

The only real way to block this is to set up an email rule that automatically bins unwanted messagesbut the downside with that is you won’t be told when a legitimate email isn’t delivered.

Generally the best advice is to simply live with it and delete the rubbish as it arrives. Usually we find this problem passes after a while.

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