ObjectiveOrientedUnityCommitment :
For the first time google refused to search indicating that
my computer should be checked for spyware or virus. I went
to sleep and tried again 7 hours later. Still the same reply
from Google.
Does anyone know anything about this? I am running firefox
on Suse 10.
My computer OR my net is flooding google
with spam.
My computer OR my net is flooding google
with spam?
shwanal c :
ok right here goes….u know like people’s account gets hacked and their msn account starts spamming contacts on IM…
well that happened to me on this new pc….and hmm so the account was hacked i tried everything….completely scanned my pc changed password to account and all. but it dint stop spamming.
then i lost hope and made a new account today but after like 4 hrs i find that, this new account has also been compromised….(hacked)…its spamming .
i imported contacts from the other to this one….but i dnt think that would have anything to do with this or will it ?
second of all, there is a high chance this means that my pc itself has been compromised hacked but i cant find any malware, spyware or viruses or trojans…used unhackme and McAfee.
So any ideas people….greatly appreciated? this is pissing me off lol
Lynn :
I have received “mail delivery failures” and discovered that someone has used my e-mail address to send out spam. the delivery failures are coming back to me because my e-mail address is in the “from” line. I have run virusscan and spyware scan and found nothing. Does anyone know how to fix this or do I just have to change my e-mail address? I really don’t want to do that because I have had the same e-mail for 6-7 years. Thank you
Altek :
I’ve read many answers and comments about security and nothing I’ve seen works for me. I’ve got an aggressive firewall, anti-spam/virus/spyware, cookies blocked, no favorites, passwords and encryption, and my IP can still tell me within 30 seconds of connecting, just what my system is doing! I’m talking about requesting help with a system problem here, I’m not implying that they are eavesdropping!
What I’m looking for (I think) is a ’silent’ internet access similar to a silent telephone number. Connected to the network but not easily accessible. Would a proxy address do the job?
douglas H :
when i surf web (i use opera and firefox) internet explorer windows keep opening up, usually 2 or 3 at a time, with lame spam being the content. How can I stop this? I ran spybot and cleaned out some spyware, but i stilll have this problem. Maybe I can uninstall ie? HELP!
i have run spybot again. I also made firefox the default browser, and i also uninstalled internet explorer!! Did a search for iexplore.exe files, deleted them, but the windows keep coming back! HELP!
Phil :
For weeks now i’ve been getting notifications sent from the mail sub system telling me my mail was undeliverable, sometimes 10 a day. I assume that someone has hacked into my email account and is spamming. I have the latest updated antivirus/spyware protection and it’s not picking anything up, how do i get rid of this hacker?
Thanks for your input.
Additional Details
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Example:
postmaster@ hotmail.com Delivery Status Notification (Failure) Tue 17 Oct 2006 13k
They are sent from my email address by ‘joe blow’ but i didn’t send them.
Mail Delivery System Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender Tue 17 Oct 2006 9k
Mail Delivery Subsystem Returned mail: see transcript for details Tue 17 Oct 2006 14k
Mail Delivery System Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender Tue 17 Oct 2006 9k
Mail Delivery Subsystem Returned mail: see transcript for details Tue 17 Oct 2006 3k
I have changed my password yesterday and checked my email today and there is new spam that has been returned as before.
grace.y :
My family recently got Verizon DSL and the first thing I did was install AVG free antimalware program I got from cnet.com
Internet worked well for me except for the fact that a pop-up from my windows toolbar kept saying that my firewall was not on, but when I checked my control panel, it was on. I tried to click on the pop-up but nothing would happen.
Finally I came to my senses and scanned for anything on my computer using the AVG program. Something called win32/Cryptor kept coming up but AVG couldn’t remove it.
I tried to look up win32/Cryptor on Google and unfortunately the first thing I clicked linked me directly to this bogus website that was faking itself as a Windows program and telling me that I was infected and needed to install its antivirus software. I knew it was fake and tried closing it down but it wouldn’t let me. The “website” was called stop-spyware.biz/index…………………
Now it is constantly popping up from time to time. AVG would detect it and a AVG security pop-up would come up saying something like this:
File name: stop-spyware.biz/index.php?PHPSESSID=f70eb31b7e1d1d1dc22e8f663c47e9
Threat name: Exploit Rogue spyware scanner (type 800)
Process name: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Process ID: 2072
Also, while searching on Google, other links I click on also take me to advertising/spam/bogus websites.
I don’t know what win32/cryptor is or how I got it, but can someone tell me what it is, how I got it, and how I can get rid of it?!
artziest :
I get spam emails from myself!! selling watches, etc.. I do not send these and do not spam. But because of this stuff going out I get labeled as a spammer and my “regular” mail is often rejected to my own friends and family in my address book!! IS there ANYTHING I can do to stop this spam mail coming from myself??!! Is this a virus or spyware in MY computer?
Peter N :
I Stupidly (I know, shoot me) installed a special software toolbar on my pc (thinking it would get me software off the net) and I uninstalled it using Add/Remove function in Windows XP. I have noticed that it still opens up spam windows on my pc when I browse the net. It is most certainly annoying to experience this. I have used Ad-Aware and Spybot but they don’t seem to remove the program. How do I stop this program from hijacking my browser? Thanx!!!
P.S. I uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled it and I have the same problem!!!!
