Adium Spam.

[HappySnail]

I have been getting spam messages on Adium, not from random people but from the people i know and have as friends. They do not know that they are doing it and it just appears on my messages without them doing anything. Is this a virus/trojan thingy on my mac or would this be a problem on their end, if anyone has this problem or a solution then i would be very grateful to hear, i don't really want to delete them from my account as i want to talk to them in future.

 

[Osarkon]

It's a problem on their end, not yours.

I can't remember off the top of my head whether the solution is for them to change their password or run a virus scan, though both wouldn't hurt.

 

[angelwatt]

It's possible their accounts were hacked, usually because of weak passwords. Have them change their passwords to stronger ones to see if it resolves the spam issues.

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

Their accounts have been phished. They need to change their password.