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[Russell]

We all get jokes, pics, videoes etc etc etc, via emails. We can save them, we can on forward them.Ok, all seems Ok...............................but it ain"t.Imbeded in some mails are pics etc from another recipient that get unknowingly sent to you and other folks that get the mail.................those pics find their way into your pewtar. You being totally unaware of this now prob, you send your pics to other folks, if they have the software " Pic and Fax viewer"

[asra]

Russel, try this. Do a search of the files and folders on your computer for the word iexplore. The genuine iexplore windows program is all lower case. There will be a number of these come up but if any are spelt with some or all capital letters then they are a false windows program run by a virus. I had one on my computer and tried three or four different antivirus scans before I got one that zapped it. "Stopzilla" its called, cost ten dollars for a year. It also got another bug that my antivirus gear let in.

[GraemeMonro]

Ok Russ, so why haven"t you sent me any of those "dozens of deadset porn stuff, pics of persons / places whatever"?After all the nice things I say about you here and you leave me off the list!Graeme.

[GraemeMonro]

Russel, try this. Do a search of the files and folders on your computer for the word iexplore. The genuine iexplore windows program is all lower case. There will be a number of these come up but if any are spelt with some or all capital letters then they are a false windows program run by a virus. I had one on my computer and tried three or four different antivirus scans before I got one that zapped it. "Stopzilla" its called, cost ten dollars for a year. It also got another bug that my antivirus gear let in. Hey Peter, where did you get Stopzilla from?Graeme.

[asra]

Graeme, not sure of the official website but do a google seach and you can track it down. You can download it and do a free scan but to zap anything it finds you have to pay the ten bucks. I paid by card and was able to zap the bugs within five minutes.I"m not sure how this stopzilla is rated in the scheme of things but it got a couple of bugs that the others missed so thats what I am using.

[Russell]

Pete.............just had a quick look..........bingo, got what you mentioned. Have today ordered a new pewtar, will get it setup with the absolute best "protection" money can buy.Me pewtar guy said he will " Newc" me old pewtar, this totally deletes the complete contents. Will keep it as a backup one.Monro............maaate.........these are "too hot" to even send to you.........deadset 10 star porno stuff. Then again you just might go for that stuff...........who knows ;DOne thing for sure..............i ain"t saving no more mails with pics attached, unless they is genuine pics. Get a dozen or more joke / pic mails every day , some of em may have been around the globe 50 times viewed by god knows how many folks.I"m all for this electronic stuff, love it..........but consequences etc, are nightmarish, or could be.

[Disco]

Russ,Get a new computer guy if he agreed with your thoughts which you put in the first post...The porn which you think was embeded in the emails is actually porn collected from ..someone

[bones]

Russ,just food for thought i could sent you an email, and in the email would include a very fine trojan than would let me see every thnig your type on your puter, like pass words and the likes, i also have one that will crash your puter conpletely, you want me to send them on??I got others too, that will boggle your mind what i can do with your new puter with the best that money can buy, i will try yours out now.I will send you an email, but guess who who the email is from

[gbw]

"Pete.............just had a quick look..........bingo, got what you mentioned. Have today ordered a new pewtar, will get it setup with the absolute best "protection" money can buy."Russ, russ,And I thought you were a smart fella. I am sadly disappointed.Trade in that new pewter on a Mac. We do not have virus and malware etc, so we do not waste money on anti such programs. Yeah, I do have an antivirus in case I pass on a virus from a Windoze machine.If you have some legacy programs you must run, then the Mac will run as a Windows machine. Elegant design, elegant to use. When you buy your Mac get an external hard disk, because amongst many great free programs is Time Machine. It just backs up your computer seemlessly. By radio if you get the Mac hard disk, no wires. You will not regret your move. Rock solid Unix operating system. Graham

[gbw]

"I"m all for this electronic stuff, love it."Mate is a developer and so has Windows 7 installed. Reckons its great, nearly as good as the Apple OS.Oh, I just upgraded to Snow eopard, that latest OS for Mac Cost $39.00. Bet W 7 costs a bit more. Oh, and no pesky registration process, just buy and install on any machine. Never a "pro" or "Student" version to tax your thoughts and dollarsYou will demanding I accept a triple filtered once you switch.Graham

[asra]

Russell, here"s how the iexplore bug gets on your computer. Looks to be mostly through emails.http://www.articlesbase.com/security...htmlApparantly the virus hides in a legitimit file and runs fake programs. If you delete the programs the virus starts them up again. I found three or four other programs the virus was running. When Stopzilla got the virus it also cleaned up the programs it was running.Dean, I looked on the computer forums and tried what was considered the best antivirus scans. All of these run five minute scans and got nothing. The stopzilla scan took thirty minutes and picked up two viruses. When I used it to remove the viruses it cleaned up the programs that I knew were false.After reading your post I did a few searches on Stopzilla and although the people on computer forums dont like it, it seems to be legit.

[Disco]

Peter,Sounds like you"ve done some good troubleshooting.

[asra]

i could sent you an email, and in the email would include a very fine trojan than would let me see every thnig your type on your puter, like pass words and the likes, i also have one that will crash your puter conpletely, you want me to send them on????

[asra]

At about 3pm this afternoon I opened Emails from a family member and one from a mate I have known for 30 years. Afterwards the computer seemed to run a bit slower so I run a search for IEXPLORE. Sure enough it was back on there. Will have to find a new anti virus scan to get rid of this one. Anyone have any thoughts on whats going on?

[gbw]

Disco,"Apple are becoming more common as a computer and are also becoming more common as a target for hackers and virus writers.