Spam Email with my own email address.

[Daz3210]

I have recently started receiving spam email with the sender address that is my own email address.

I have recently had a number of virus attacks on my laptop (post for help already made in help forum) which includes virumondo. All except the virtumondo seem to have been cleared.

My question is:-

Will this spam be originating from my own machine? (Outlook express is not set up on the infected machine)
How can I stop further mails being sent? Obviously I not only want to stop receiving the mails myself, but if they are also going to other folks they will be a nuisance for them too.

Or will this just me a coincidence that the mail has begun using my own address and nothing at all to do with malware?

 

[Daz3210]

Virtumonde

I have posted a request for assistance in the appropriate forum, but I was wondering if continuing to use a computer that is known to be infected will cause the infection to spread?

Or should it be shut off and not used until it is confirmed clean?

 

[tashi]

Hello,

Malware forum topic: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=26348

It might be best if you started a new topic in that forum after reading this:
"BEFORE you POST"(READ this Procedure BEFORE Requesting Assistance)

Adding comments and new logs will set the topic date back.

I forgot to add I tried to download vundofix,

FYI: Do NOT run 'fixes' before helpers have analyzed HJT/KAV scans

Best regards,

 

[Daz3210]

Many thanks for your advice.

The Anti Virus I use appears to have managed to clear the infection (SPybot andophos both report no further infection), but on startup now I get a rundll error saying a dll cannot be found (I forget the name but its nothing that makes any sense, just letters).

I was going to post an addition to my assistance request, but don't know whether I should do this now.

Is it possible that the infection is truly gone, or could it have hidden itself?