HELP ! My PC has been compromised !!

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Ricky <rsjoiner@NO_SPAMbellsouth.net> wrote:
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.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. ;-)

Oh, not by a long shot!

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com>


>> You must be the only one that doesn't have Symantec. ;-)
|
| Oh, not by a long shot!
|

I wish people would not confuse Norton AV with Symantec AV.
The difference between the corporate offering (Symantec AV) vs. the retail offering (Norton
AV) is night and day.

It is the retail version that pisses people off.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
> From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com>
>
>
>>> You must be the only one that doesn't have Symantec. ;-)
>>
>> Oh, not by a long shot!
>>
>
> I wish people would not confuse Norton AV with Symantec AV.
> The difference between the corporate offering (Symantec AV) vs. the
> retail offering (Norton AV) is night and day.
>
> It is the retail version that pisses people off.

Well, I'm pretty pissed off at Symantec's abyssmal tech support for their
enterprise products, so I don't think I fall into the category of person to
which you refer. The only Symantec stuff I use at any client site is
BackupExec, and that's because I used to adore Veritas and Symantec hasn't
managed to entirely kill off that good product yet.

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com>


|
| Well, I'm pretty pissed off at Symantec's abyssmal tech support for their
| enterprise products, so I don't think I fall into the category of person to
| which you refer. The only Symantec stuff I use at any client site is
| BackupExec, and that's because I used to adore Veritas and Symantec hasn't
| managed to entirely kill off that good product yet.
|

That, I agree with you.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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> From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com>
>
>
>>> You must be the only one that doesn't have Symantec. ;-)
> |
> | Oh, not by a long shot!
> |
>
> I wish people would not confuse Norton AV with Symantec AV.
> The difference between the corporate offering (Symantec AV) vs. the retail
> offering (Norton
> AV) is night and day.
>
> It is the retail version that pisses people off.


If they foist that crap on the poor, ignorant public they don't deserve
respect for anything.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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