"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com> wrote in message
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> Tom <t.wyckoff@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>>> Straight Talk <b__nice@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:43:53 -0800 (PST), penang@freemail.c3.hu
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Last nite my PC behaves normally, but this morning, it took over 1
>>>>> hour to boot up the XP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, in the tasking tray, I see tons and tons of messages are being
>>>>> sent out !
>>>>>
>>>>> I have not configure this PC to send out emails. I use webmails.
>>>>> But now my PC is sending out tons and tons of emails !!
>>>>>
>>>>> The symantec norton antivirus is doing the "Symantec Email Scan" on
>>>>> those emails and the emails are jamming up the system.
>>>>>
>>>>> What can I do ????
>>>>>
>>>>> What software should I use to remove this security breach ????
>>>>>
>>>>> Please help !!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you !!
>>>>
>>>> You should of course revert to the latest known clean state - which
>>>> ultimately means flatten and rebuild.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, that's a bit dire - it may not be at all necessary. It *might*
>>> be, but it isn't the first thing I'd try.
>>>
>>>
>> Well, you've certainly picked up some malware. I wonder how Symantec
>> missed it.
>
> <looks around frantically, in sudden terror>
>
> I have? Oh my god! And I don't even *have* Symantec software on here!
>
> Wait. Symantec *is* malware, and you must not have meant to reply to *me*
> .
>
> :-)
>
You must be the only one that doesn't have Symantec. ;-)


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