On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 21:39:46 -0500, "Ricky"
<rsjoiner@NO_SPAMbellsouth.net> wrote:

>
>"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
><lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailaty ahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:uckc29kgIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> 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. ;-)

Had it on my first comp back in `99 for a month .