Spam sent from hotmail account - do i have a worm?

yesterday everyone on my hotmail contacts list received spam mail, on checking the hotmail support site, they said it would have been because my account had been hijacked and i was "sharing" my hotmail account with a hacker due to a virus on my system, and said to run windows anti-virus software. only problem is that i have two computers both of which are less than two years old.
how do i scan for a virus on my macs?

Hi fordthomas, and a warm welcome to the forums!
I consider it unlikely that it's you or your Macs, not impossible, but unlikely.
Have you ever sent an eMail to your whole list by dragging them all to the CC: line/box?
Do you use Apple's Mail or another client?
Do you use any MS APPs like Word or Excel?
What Sharing do you have enabled?
Using any encryption when you connect?
Might try Intego's Virus Barrier X if you're worried...
http://www.intego.com/virusbarrier/

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