Did somebody turn my machine into a spam zombie??

sbob420 · 07-03-2004, 10:59 AM

ok Im getting all kinds of "returned undeliverable mail" in my inbox now i have looked at the message and scanned them for viruses but there are none. Rgith now i am doing a scan of my computer for viruses. What I'm pretty much asking for is some other suggestions to try if no virus is found.

bushmaster · 07-03-2004, 11:18 AM

need to look for trojans as well, but somebody could just be spoofing your email address.

sbob420 · 07-03-2004, 11:34 AM

ok no virus found. What can i use to look for trojans other than the virus scanner???

If someone is spoofing my email what can i do about that???

porsch1909 · 07-03-2004, 12:48 PM

have you done a spyware scan with adaware. if youve never done that then youll find a lot of spyware

sjd · 07-03-2004, 01:01 PM

Trojan scan
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/

sbob420 · 07-03-2004, 01:04 PM

i have done a spyware scan i haver sboybot syware blaster and spyware gaurd installed the only thing it ever finds is a dso exploit i havent fixed yet. i will try the trojan scanner and let you know

crossedup · 07-03-2004, 01:57 PM

Dont forget hijackthis to see what is running as well. Check your taskmanager too, look for really wierd or random file names. If you dont have XP or W2K get wintop, does the same thing as taskmanager does in the newer o/s's.

hijackthis

wintop

Rocketmech · 07-03-2004, 02:39 PM

You might also want to have your email scanned , a free service from Computer Cops

http://www.computercops.us/article770.html

porsch1909 · 07-03-2004, 04:29 PM

try ad aware that is the best

Strawbs · 07-03-2004, 05:32 PM

I get these e-mails from time to time! It's likely not a trojan, just that your e-mail addy has probably been harvested from someone else's infected computer and you now find yourself an unwilling occupant on some scums spam list!

Use something like Spamfighter to delete the unwanted e-mails at the server.

[edit] If you didn't send it and the subject line says "Undelivered, Returned, etc...", common sense should tell you not to download it, One day one of them may have a virus attached, as some of mine have. Curiosity killed the cat Dude.

sbob420 · 07-03-2004, 07:10 PM

thanks for the suggestions. I have found no trojans not spyware, no anything but the norm opn my computer i will have to say someone must be spoofing my email.
but anyway thanks for the help i will get in contact with my isp and hold onto one of the messages in case they try to shut my account down for spamming. YA STICK TO THE MAN!!! lol