I ran Trojanhunter - no trojans were found on the system (I currently do not
have the infected system hooked up to the internet, in order to avoid any
message / info being sent to the spy).

I do have autocomplete turned on in IE. Some searches show info that I did
not put in. This leads me to believe that the spy can see and run my
programs in real time - more like remote control software. Is there such a
spyware (any) program out there? One that allows itself to be loaded onto
the unsuspecting machine (mine) and then everything - including program
launch and control - can be viewed by the spy.

Any help is much appreciated.

As a side - since I know the offending IP address, if I block it with
Sygate's personal firewall -will that stop the spy?

Thank you for your help...

"-=ô;ö=-" <Not.Telling@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave McDonald" <DaveMcD@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news15yb.253737$9E1.1355504@attbi_s52...
> | I believe that I have been infected by some kind of spyware. Some kind
of
> | program is connecting to my computer via the LAN and port 139. I
watched a
> | program in my task bar exit, but there was no indication something was
> | exiting, it just simply was there, and then was not (it was an IE page
that
> | had been minimized to the task bar). I believe that someone is looking
or
> | can look at the files my computer while I'm on it, but without my
> | knowledge - and the files I have open.
> |
> | Does anyone one have any idea what program could be doing this? I have
run
> | spybot, hijackthis, spysweeper, and X-cleaner. X-cleaner found a
> | "messenger" file running and asked if I wanted to keep it I said no (I
do
> | not run any instant message programs), but I still see the connection
from
> | within the LAN (10.0.0.12) on port 139. I have searched the web for
spyware
> | / remote control software and I'm not having very much luck.
> |
> | Please help!
> |
> |
>
> Sounds like maybe you may have a "trojan" running in the background or
maybe hepldesk
> software from your ISP(as came bundled in both Verizon and BellSouth's
software)....
>
> give this site a try for a trojan hunt..it is also free
>
> http://www.trojanscan.com/trojanscan/trojanscan.htm
>
>