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Computer Help and Support

canetoad

(20,461 posts)

3. The employee

Reply to mahina (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 02:23 PM

Wednesday

Most likely has an infection on their computer - an email worm or trojan.

This piece of malicious software trawls through address books on the users computer, finding email addresses stored there. Then it replicates and sends itself out to the addresses found.

Best thing to do is let your colleague know that they need to do a full scan of their computer.