Re: My computer seems to be searching for e-mail adresses. Whats going on?

From: Badger (for_usenet_spam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/05/03 

Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 03:03:47 GMT

"Pål Jensen" <paaljensen@sensewave.com> wrote in message
news:eFgta.9603$b71.158715@news4.e.nsc.no...
> My computer accesses the web pages "search.bigfoot.com" and
> "email.people.yahoo.com" where it apparently searches for e-mail
addresses
> (at least in the latter case). This happens without my knowledge and
without
> any windows popping up in Explorer and is invisible except for the
fact that
> it can be seen in the log.
> I did receive a bogus (I presume) windows security update awhile
back and a
> returned mail but I deleted them promptly and my virus program can't
find
> anything. Nor can Spybot.
> What's going on? Why would anyone need my computer for searching web
pages?
> Is somebody using my computer for spreading spam? Any help in how to
deal
> with this is appreciated.
>

You might not be too far off the mark
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/4217

I would suggest that you go to Diamondsoft and download a trial of
their Trojan detector TDS3

http://tds.diamondcs.com.au/

Excellent program with a fully functional free trial

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