Email sent from wife's account that she didn't send

[olds]

I received an email from my wife for the website nilisi.com.
I googled the name and it came up as a scam site.
I told my wife about the scam and she said that she never sent the email out. But, the email is in her Sent Folder.
I had her change her password for the email account.

Is this a virus/trojan/fluke?
She's running an AV scan but AVG runs every night so I'd be surprised if it was a virus.

It's a Yahoo account, btw.

 

[yinan]

It is very easy to send out fake emails. Access to your system isnt needed.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: yinan
It is very easy to send out fake emails. Access to your system isnt needed.

I knew you could forge headers but this one is in her Sent Folder. They also deleted her contact list (at 4:30 AM when we were asleep) but she was able to restore it.

It's a Yahoo account, btw.

 

[bsobel]

Wait, this is Yahoo mail? No access from your system would be needed. Someone most likely broke her password. Change it immediately to a strong password.

And, Olds, AVG? Puhlease Get NIS 2009 on that box

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: bsobel
Wait, this is Yahoo mail? No access from your system would be needed. Someone most likely broke her password. Change it immediately to a strong password.

And, Olds, AVG? Puhlease Get NIS 2009 on that box

I guess that's Norton's?
Ran it years ago but it was bloatty.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: bsobel
Wait, this is Yahoo mail? No access from your system would be needed. Someone most likely broke her password. Change it immediately to a strong password.

And, Olds, AVG? Puhlease Get NIS 2009 on that box

I guess that's Norton's?
Ran it years ago but it was bloatty.

It was, but the 09 release is the smallest/fastest in the industry. You'll be very surprised at how much progress that team has made. There is a thread in here about it, check it out.