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i THINK SOMETHING HAS ENTERED MY E-MAIL AND TAKING ADDRESSES. hOW TO i CHECK THIS OUT?

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I'm getting e-mails that look like they are from some one in my address book but are not. A check of the source shows that isis not from the legitimate member of my address book. 

 Just now I attempted to reply to an e-mail and got a blacked out dialogue box with a strange message at the top, sometimes in what looks like Asian calligraphy.  Now, when I open an e-mail the dialogue box opens, closes and opens a second time in a blink of an eye.  How do I find out what it is and get rid of it.  My anti virus does not pick up a problem.
I'm getting e-mails that look like they are from some one in my address book but are not. A check of the source shows that isis not from the legitimate member of my address book. Just now I attempted to reply to an e-mail and got a blacked out dialogue box with a strange message at the top, sometimes in what looks like Asian calligraphy. Now, when I open an e-mail the dialogue box opens, closes and opens a second time in a blink of an eye. How do I find out what it is and get rid of it. My anti virus does not pick up a problem.

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If email is not from who it is pretending to be from - do not repond to it. Do not click on any links in the email. Delete the email. then compact the folder to remove all traces.

Send an email to your friend teling them someone is abusing their email address. Ask them to use a signature in their emails so you can easily tell it is genuine.

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If email is not from who it is pretending to be from - do not repond to it. Do not click on any links in the email. Delete the email. then compact the folder to remove all traces.

Send an email to your friend teling them someone is abusing their email address. Ask them to use a signature in their emails so you can easily tell it is genuine.