Re: My computer is sending Unauthorized e-mails

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:24:27 -0500

Get Zone Alarm, you may have a Trojan SMTP program running. 

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"Tom R" <tom42344@snotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uL1URAcaEHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
|
| "Clark Presson" <> wrote in message
| news:2cca901c469bf$25861230$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| > My computer sends e-mails that I do not authorize.  I
only
| > know they're being sent because the Norton "Outgoing
| > E-mail" box will pop up.  It says it's scanning the
e-mail
| > and no viruses are ever being found.
| >
| > I keep Norton updated and do an entire system scan every
| > month.  I don't find any viruses.
| >
| > Thanks for your help,
|
|   I don't think any anti-virus program will catch
everything, there are too
| many
| new virus's for any one company to keep up.
|
| Run at least one of these free online virus scan programs,
|
| RAV http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
|
| Panda: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
|
| BitDefender http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php
|
| Good Luck,
| Tom
|
|

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