Trojan / Virus accessing email contacts

Looking for some help please.
For the past two days emails are being sent from my hotmail account, though I haven't sent them. The emails are really random and are being sent to all my contacts in my address book and am thinking is it possible a Trojan/Virus may have attached itself to my contacts. I have changed my hotmail password without success. Is there any anti-software which can be used to check if I have a Trojan/Virus? Should I take it to an apple store?
Thank you

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