I can't get rid of contacts in my list.

How do I get rid of an intruder to my contacts list?

• A website called nucleopsicologia.org/to.php has been using my contacts list to send Viagra ads. Looks like the website is located in Brasil. How can I quickly end this and prevent it from happening again?

• Answer:

  Per Yahoo this is being caused by a virus. It spreads out through your email account and it sends spam emails to the contacts that are in your address book and to yourself if your address is in your contact list without your knowledge. There are many viruses in existence today (often called "worms"), that propagate when an email attachment containing the virus is sent to an email address found in an infected user's computer (e.g., address book, local files, etc.). To stop the sending out of spam please change your Yahoo! password. The users that have encountered this before stopped the sending out of spam after changing their Yahoo! password. You can use this link to change your password. http://edit.yahoo.com/config/change_pw you will be asked to enter your current password once and your new password twice. click "Save". You might want to run a virus scan on your computer and it sometimes helps to run a virus scan in the SAFE MODE. This can be accomplished by restarting your computer and slowly clicking on the F8 button on your keyboard while the computer is starting up You might also want to change your secret question/answer. To change or update your secret question and answer you can use the form at http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/acct/in%E2%80%A6 NOTE; It is helpful if you sign out of your email account before you shut you computer off AND during the day when you are going to be away for any length of time. This link will show you many ways to enhance your security. http://security.yahoo.com/ Also, Yahoo has advised when you receive an email that SEEMS to be from yourself it is possible for the sender to put your email address in the FROM section which will then show your email address in the in box prior to opening up the email....which, of course, you should NEVER open. Notes....enter CNET SECURITY CENTER in your web browser. This site has a ton of info ref viruses, worms, etc +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yahoo also advises that even though the messages are going out to your contact list that your account has NOT been compromised and if changing your password does not stop it go to this site and fill out the form and send it. Mail - http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya%E2%80%A6