Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

How to stop a mass mailer?



I am getting mail not deliverable and mail sent from my email address on yahooo that I did not send .
How do I stop it?

constant internet traffic?



something is generating constant full bandwidth internet traffic through my dial up connection and i have no idea what it can be. im running windows xp on a laptop, nothing special, and i only use my laptop for emailing/browsing and as a media player. can someone give me a hint how i can detect what software is getting data from the internet? taking up all the bandwidth, very annoying. thanks.

My yahoo email account got phished. i changed my password immediately. is that enough to protect me?



it appears the person sent out a mass email to everyone in my address book. i found out and changed my password withing hours of this email being sent out. is that enought to protect me or do i have to delete my account now?

Is there a way to find out who someone is chatting with?



I’ve seen software that will tell you who someone is chatting with or who they are emailing. Is there someway you can find this out without installing something on their computer or asking them like spyware and what really works?

McAfee – Useless?



McAfee – Usless!?
I have mcafee installed and everything updated. I’ve scanned and it;s found nothing wrong.

but..

My browers is hijacked – every time I select alink from google it takes me to an ad ware site. McAfee SiteAdvisor is kind enought to tell me its an ADWARE site but can’t find the bug that has hijacked my browers.

also i’ve got some winlogin.exe thing that is emailing spam out constantly. Its good enought to tell me that some of the emails can be sent, who is sending them – winlogin.exe but the stupid pice of crap can’t figure out its a virus!

How to I get this misirable piece of software to detect adware and fix my winlogin.exe problem!

HELP!

Every time i go onto the internet, on Norton Antivirus it says something was found?



Every day when i go online or when im in the middle of emailing, Norton Antivirus shuts down my page and says Spyware. Comet Cursor has been detected. It says to restart, and i do. Then the next day i turn it back on and it’s the same deal, Spyware Comet Cursor. Any help?

I made the mistake of trying to remove myself from an emailing list and even though I stopped recieving?



emails from that site, I now get a lot more spam. Is there anyone way I can get this fixed besides just deleting the spam when I receive it?