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Hacked Email Question

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I noticed this morning that one of my bosses personal emails sent out a suspect link to a few email addresses. The issue is she has quite a few number of PCs, and isn't sure which one is causing the problem. When something like this happens, is it because of malware/spyware on the PC itself, or can this happen without having an actual infected PC? What's the best way to deal with this? Honestly when I have problems on my personal PC...which is rare, I simply reinstall Windows to be safe and completely clean. I don't think she's really interested in that. What should I do? Is there a way I can tell which PC the message was sent from?
 
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I noticed this morning that one of my bosses personal emails sent out a suspect link to a few email addresses. When something like this happens, is it because of malware/spyware on the PC itself
Yes it can be because of it

or can this happen without having an actual infected PC?
In this case it's hacked account

What's the best way to deal with this? Honestly when I have problems on my personal PC...which is rare, I simply reinstall Windows to be safe and completely clean. I don't think she's really interested in that. What should I do? Is there a way I can tell which PC the message was sent from?
First ask them to change the password if that won't help they can send an email to yahoo/gmail/hotmail ... whatever they use administration and say that their account has been hacked.
 
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