Re: Email virus?

From: Br0wnbear (brownbearat_at_canadadotcom.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:32:30 -0400

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:15:07 -0500, "Bugsy" <Bugsy@bugtrap.com> wrote:

>I need some information, please. Is there a virus that permits someone to
>take control of your computer and send email from it? A friend told me that
>he has received mail from me, which I did not send.
>
>Thank you for any info.
>
Bugsy

Yes lots of them.
Your friend may not have received that e-mail from you. It may say you
in the header of the message (the from line) but that could be
forged. He would have to check the properties of the email message to
really determine which ISP it originated from.
You can scan your machine online at one of the various sites

Panda Software
www.pandasoftware.com/activescan

Trend Micro
www.trendmicro.com/housecall

F-Secure
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

If you are constantly updating your security patches at
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Constantly updating your anti-virus definitions from your vendor, and
scanning your machine regularly.
Doing periodic scans with spyware scanners
Adaware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot S&D - www.safer-networking.org
Not opening any email attachments that you are not expecting from
people.
Running a personal firewall on the machine.
www.sygate.com

You should be fine.

hth
John Brown
Bears are always happy, we get to hibern8

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