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Old 01-15-2004, 06:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Spam/Spyware Problem.....

Suddenly I'm getting a ton of "message undeliverable" e-mails in my inbox. The Problem? I never e-mailed anyone one at these addresses.

So this is obviously spam, but I'm thinking that it also could be spyware on my computer (eventhough I have an anti-spyware program, Spybot Search & Destroy).

Is there anyway to find out what's going on?
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Old 01-15-2004, 07:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Have you scanned your hard drives for viruses?
Sounds like you may have a worm. Go to

www.antivirus.com or http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/h...JUIYCZRWEJGSSK

and do a free online scan just to be sure
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Old 01-15-2004, 09:05 PM   #3 (permalink)
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No, I don't think I have a worm. I have Norton 2004 and it does weekly scans (it just did one).

It looks like a spammer is using my email address as a return path, so maybe there'es nothing I can do about it
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Old 01-15-2004, 09:21 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Block his address.
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Old 01-15-2004, 09:43 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I had the same problem with my computer last year, I had at the time the most resent verions of Norton 2003 and paid for an extra year of updates. I had a boot sector virus on my computer that norton could not remove. I can not for the life of me remeber the name all I know is that it was some sort of Trojan and anyone and everyone I talked to about it said there was nothing that I could do other then erase my computer run a debug and install everything again. Apparently Norton has a hard time erasing Trojan virus's.
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Old 01-15-2004, 10:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp

trust me on this one
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Old 01-15-2004, 10:06 PM   #7 (permalink)
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do a search for Adaware, not sure if it will solve your current problem, but a great tool non the less.
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Old 01-15-2004, 11:06 PM   #8 (permalink)
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i had a worm that did the same thing. Norton didn't find it, but I knew I had it so I tried housecall and got rid of it.

Give it a try, just to be safe.
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Old 01-16-2004, 12:18 AM   #9 (permalink)
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http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp

trust me on this one

Thanks for the link LStanley, but, unfortunately, housecall didn't find any viruses.

I really hope that I don't have to erase my hardrive.
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Old 01-16-2004, 07:42 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I know someone who is dealing with pretty much the same thing, and the weird thing is, it's a Mac running AOL and OS9. Not a combination that I think a worm or trojan would figure out, and I don't know of any free adaware checkers (she already has Norton for viruses).

So, probably just a forged return address. Any advice out there on this? AOL isn't helping her out at all.
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Old 01-16-2004, 08:40 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Like Waste said, get AdAware and run that. It will find any programs, registry settings that might be causing some problems, spyware, etc.
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Old 01-16-2004, 09:15 AM   #12 (permalink)
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run your norton and make sure its up to date and I use PestPatrol for any spyware crap on my system and it works great. Check it out and if you need a copy let me know and I can hook ya up.
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Old 01-16-2004, 01:13 PM   #13 (permalink)
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So, probably just a forged return address. Any advice out there on this? AOL isn't helping her out at all.
Yeah, it might be. Because I've ran multiple antivirus programs from various companies and they've found nothing.

Maybe I should just change my e-mail address first to see if that helps. Although that would be a pain.


Man I hate spammers
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Old 01-16-2004, 07:46 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Have you tried AD aware by lavasoft??
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Old 01-16-2004, 09:43 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Have you tried AD aware by lavasoft??

Yeah, along with SPYBOT S&D, NOD32, Norton, Trend Micro's Housecall, Trojan Hunter, Spyware Blaster, and I think that's it.

I really am starting to think that I don't have a virus at all and that some spammer just got a hold of my e-mail and is using it as a return address. But I can't be sure.
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Old 01-16-2004, 10:04 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Yeah, along with SPYBOT S&D, NOD32, Norton, Trend Micro's Housecall, Trojan Hunter, Spyware Blaster, and I think that's it.

I really am starting to think that I don't have a virus at all and that some spammer just got a hold of my e-mail and is using it as a return address. But I can't be sure.
Exactly. it happens all the time and has nothing to do with your computer. Just report it to your isp so they know and won't blacklist you (isp's will ban known addresses) and move on. Chances are your address will never be used again so keeping it is fine.
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