[AT] Way OT Computer Virus question

[charlie hill]

Hi Phil,

I'm running all of that stuff as well as Zone Alarm Pro with it's 
anti-spyware turned on.  Even with all of that and with AVG running auto 
update every morning I still managed to get in this jam.  Admittedly I 
actually allowed the virus file myself by accident.

I'm  certain I was running a bot for someone for a while.  I think the bot 
adjusted Zone Alarm to allow it to operate.  I'm running a new version of 
Zone Alarm now and for the last few days it's stopped several attempts to 
get into my system.

Every virus scan I run comes up clean but I still worry that there is a bot 
running in my system.   It particularly worries me because I do some online 
banking and bill  paying.

I read on the internet that there is currently a turf war going on in the 
bot business.  I think I got caught in a crossfire.  LOL

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pga2 at hot1.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Way OT Computer Virus question


> Most likely, you still have a "bot" program running
> on your system. I recommend that you download AdAware,
> Spybot Search and Destroy and possibly Spy Sweeper (if
> there is still a free version) and run all of them
> on your system. Fix or delete all spyware found,
> including quarrantine files from your AVG. This should
> take care of the problem.
>
> Good luck,
> Phil
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>From    : charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
> Sent    : Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:50:37 -0400
> To      : Antique tractor email discussion group 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject : [AT] Way OT  Computer Virus question
>
>
>>About a month ago I picked up a virus.  I know when it happened.
> I hit a web site with a bunch of pop ups.  In the process of clearing them 
> a
> warning poped up on my screen warning me not to open a file. 
> Unfortunately
> I made an errant click (my fingers got ahead of my brain) and I opened the
> virus file.  IMMEDIATELY I started to work clearing it.  After about 4 
> hours
> I thought I had it.  Then the next day it was back.  I went to work on it
> again and got it cleared.
> Since then I've run frequent checks with AVG free edition which was 
> running
> when I got the virus and with other online virus checkers.  My AVG is on
> auto-update.  I also run Zone Alarm Pro firewall.  Somehow Zone Alarm got
> corrupted.  I deleted it and downloaded a newer version.  Zone Alarm and 
> AVG
> say my system is clean.  One online virus checker found the virus again 
> but
> showed in a quaranteen file.  My system at this point is running fine BUT 
> I
> keep getting messages like the one below in my e-mail.
> Some of them come from a site that claims to be my ISP.  Some of them come
> from servers all over the world.  I was getting several of these messages 
> a
> day.  Then they went away.  Now this week I'm getting them again but in
> lower numbers.
>
> See the message below.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
>
> We have detected that your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount 
> of
> spam during the recent week.
> Probably, your computer had been infected by a recent virus and now runs a
> trojaned proxy server.
>
> We recommend you to follow our instruction in order to keep your computer
> safe.
>
> Best wishes,
> suddenlink.net technical support team.
>
>
>
>
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> --------  Virus Warning Message --------
>
> document.com is removed from here because it contains a virus
> (W32/Mydoom.o at MM).
>
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>
>
>
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> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/760 - Release Date: 4/13/2007
> 8:04 PM
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