Re: Someone is using My Pc to send out Porn!!

From: Alex (alex_at_winutility.com)
Date: 10/30/03


Date: 30 Oct 2003 06:57:54 -0800

You have to determine what application sends porn from your computer.
In order to do this you can use PortsLock (www.portslock.com) to see
applications network activity.

Alex

"Tony Turner" <tturner6@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<0b3901c39edb$56c01080$a101280a@phx.gbl>...
> Hello,
>
> I have a very simple website. I found a website on the
> Internet that said you could configure your home computer
> using a cable modem to host your own website. So I did.
> The document talked me through setting everything:
>
> 1) getting ip from my cable company (cable modem)
> 2) free dns from from free dns website
> 3) Using zoneedit to forward inquiries/mail to my yahoo
> account.
>
> Works great! But lately I have noticed my modem going a
> lot when I am not doing anything. I get emails from
> postmasters saying I sent something and that person
> doesn't exist. It is porn.
>
> I think someone is somehow using my modem/pc to relay and
> send out porn. I am using Windows XP and have set up the
> Windows XP firewall and closed all ports. What else can
> I do?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Tony



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