what is a good program to remove the spam mail bugs on my computer?
i know spam email is hard to remove but is there a program out there that will run on your computer and look for the viruses and such that send out spam email from your computer? i ran symatac online scanning program and it said it found a ton of Trojans and then removed them. i then rescanned my computer with the comodo virus program i have on my machine but it still managed to send out spam mail from my contacts. what program is there out there that will just stop this? thanks
AntiBotnet2011-03-14T17:08:58Z
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TIP: it may be a mass mailing worm and not a virus. Generally the culprit and add a firewall !!! . As well and worst it may be a botnet infection.... do a quick check for that....
Online Tool Developed to Check for Botnet Activity [wrkx w/ Netbooks] BotnetChecker.Com Go To: http://botnetchecker.com/ PRWeb via Yahoo! News Wed, 12 Dec 2007 5:00 AM PST http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20071212/bs_prweb/prweb575432_1 It is estimated that 1 in 4 computers on the internet today are part of a botnet. After observing bot activity from thousands of compromised computers, local administrator develops easy way to check for botnet activity.
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Zombie computer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_computer Zombie network From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia SEE Botnet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet