[LargeFormat] computer Trojan

[tOM Trottier]

Other useful free defensive tools, in order of importance:
zonealarmfirewall
    Spybot checker and destroyer
AVG virus checker
pestpatrol(free version just discovers - have to manually delete files or 
    registry entries)  checker
startupmonitor(PC Magazine)
AdAwarechecker
popfilespam/virus classifier
webwasherweb site control (cookies, pop-ups, ads)
    AntiVir virus checker
    avast! virus checker

BTW, all the checkers need regular (at least weekly) updates, which the 
programs can usually accomplish themselves.

tOM


On Sunday, January 04, 2004 at 10:43
philip lambert <largeformat@f32.net> wrote:

> Recently my email was interfered with, my mail redirected to an AOL address
> having the same name as my eBay account which was suspended at the same
> time. EBay never answer my requests for an explanation.  (I haven't used
> eBay since but am trying to run my life without regular doses of it.)
> I asked my cousin, who is a computer programmer, how this could happen,
> given I have Norton and a firewall installed and he said my laptop had a
> Trojan, which he spent half an hour finding and fixing. He said he found
> only a few things wrong. He also said not to leave passwords on the computer
> but how I don't know.
> He then installed a trial version of www.BulletProofSoft.com spyware-adware
> remover. I run this daily after accessing the internet and it invariably
> finds a few things to erase.  Whether this has any bearing on future Trojans
> is to be seen.
> I mention these matters in case other members of this list should have had
> such problems
> Philip

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