[TheForge] Virus storm

[magichammer]

do a Google search for "Ad-Aware" by Lavasoft.
thay have a free version. it's anti spyware and it works
pretty good. run it manually about once a week.

dave m


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dann Johnson" <dann@wctatel.net>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Virus storm


>
> My ISP virus detector has been crammed full of virus suspect emails the
> past few days.
>
> Somehow,  on Monday, my computer still got caught on one "joke"  web
> page,   that wouldn't let me off.  I  pulled the power cord to get the
> computer to stop, as even the old "Control / Alt / Delete"  keys  didn't
> seem to give me system control.  Running  a program called something like
> Spy Sweep didn't speed it up much.
>
> I did some reading up on spyware, and one  such program boasts that their
> program can be attached via simply opening a baited  web page, and also
> that once installed, it was immune to anti spy software, and further ,
> that  it would counter attack and disable  new anti spy software  being
> installed on a system.
>
> Last night, sadly,   I  just reformatted my computer.  Decided that
loosing
> all the old good stuff was worth it to lose the baggage.
>
> It  WAS   slower than molasses in January.  Amazing how fast and nimble it
> is this morning.   I have never opened ( at least I think  that I have
> never opened) any of those garbage attachments, and  use only Eudora.  I
> don't use Outlook Express.  What I think slowed me down, was I had
> probably  picked up was a ton of spy ware programs.  I try to stay off
> unknown web pages and don't open all of the cutesy  web joke links
> sent  me.   I  keep up with all the Microsoft critical patches.  I think
> that  using a computer on the internet is something  like the flu
> virus.   Strive to avoid unhealthy environments,   but be prepared for
some
> pain if you get infected.
>
>
> Probably just a coincidence, but this morning,  I started getting a  new
> batch of  "returned mail"  supposedly sent by me  earlier this
> morning,   to addresses that I have never heard of.   I know my computer
> was off line and turned off during the time line that these emails were
> sent.  I rarely send out any email that has an attachment,  and
> then  only  the "safe"  jpg files.
>
> Dann Johnson
>
>
> At 05:49 PM 1/27/2004, you wrote:
> >I think they got names from here as I got about half of these sent to me
> >in the last few days. Remember they take the addresses on the infected
> >computer to spoof the from address. So we shouldn't get mad at each
other,
> >just check our systems
> >Larry Brown
>
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