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    lindawinch Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    May 20, 2010, 08:41 AM
    My Yahoo e-mail contact lsit has been infiltrated and used to send spam in my name
    Someone gas infiltrated my Yahoo e-mail and is sending e-mails in my name to everyone on my contact list. I have deleted my list but I need to get rid of this. How do I do it?
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    smoothy Posts: 25,490, Reputation: 2853
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    May 20, 2010, 09:01 AM

    Change your password to something that uses numbers, upper and lower case letters and one of two special characters... (all together)

    ! @ # $ % for example are special characters.

    The more the better... but obviously more is harder to enter and remember. 8 at a minimul mixing ALL of what I mentioned makes it VERY hard to guess or hack.


    And change them once a month or so.
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    May 20, 2010, 09:32 AM

    Its also possible YOU have a virus that is generating these mails.
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