Robert: If you think your computer has been turned into a zombie, sending out dangerous messages to all the addresses in your e-mail account, you should try to get rid of the malware. One site I know about is MajorGeeks (do a search for it as you should NOT click on links you find in e-mail). There are other helpful sites, too, but this is the one that helped my cousin with her zombie infection. >From MajorGeeks homepage, click on "Support Forum" at the top of the page, then go to the "Malware Removal" forum and read all the sticky notes. If they don't help, post into the "Malware Removal" forum and when your turn comes up, a trained volunteer will help you. Be patient because as you can imagine, this sort of thing is running rampant. Be careful where you go on the 'Net - NO opening strange e-mail, NO clicking on links in any e-mail, NO surfing into suspicious unknown sites, and tell the kids NEVER to click on FaceBook links. Keep your anti-virus and anti-malware programs updated and your computer scanned frequently. Many people use multiple AV/AM programs on their computer. Install a firewall program - I use ZoneAlarm (free, but it had a learning curve, at least for me). Change your passwords regularly. You're lucky your zombie messages were bounced, otherwise you'd now be banned from all your lists. If you don't feel up to it, you can have a computer repair shop clean your computer or a company like GeekSquad at Best Buy, or the like, for a fee. All the best luck! --- On Fri, 6/24/11, Robert Ridenour <rwridenour@shelbywb.coop> wrote: From: Robert Ridenour <rwridenour@shelbywb.coop> Subject: [G-P-L] What's Happening? To: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 7:51 PM I belong to 18 different Rootsweb lists but have received NOTHING from any of them since June 20. However, I have received about 400 messages about mail failures since June 22. It appears as though someone got hold of my e-mail address and is using it to flood the e- mail network. My apologies for any problems this has caused, but it is completely out of my control. Regards, Robert W. Ridenour 4814 Loop Road Dorsey, IL 62021-1014 For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
What about the "Malware Anti Virus Software"? It has the same name as the viru. Phil Kuehn ----- Original Message ----- From: "juliasgenes" <juliasgenes@yahoo.com> To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 12:30:03 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] What's Happening? Robert: If you think your computer has been turned into a zombie, sending out dangerous messages to all the addresses in your e-mail account, you should try to get rid of the malware. One site I know about is MajorGeeks (do a search for it as you should NOT click on links you find in e-mail). There are other helpful sites, too, but this is the one that helped my cousin with her zombie infection. >From MajorGeeks homepage, click on "Support Forum" at the top of the page, then go to the "Malware Removal" forum and read all the sticky notes. If they don't help, post into the "Malware Removal" forum and when your turn comes up, a trained volunteer will help you. Be patient because as you can imagine, this sort of thing is running rampant. Be careful where you go on the 'Net - NO opening strange e-mail, NO clicking on links in any e-mail, NO surfing into suspicious unknown sites, and tell the kids NEVER to click on FaceBook links. Keep your anti-virus and anti-malware programs updated and your computer scanned frequently. Many people use multiple AV/AM programs on their computer. Install a firewall program - I use ZoneAlarm (free, but it had a learning curve, at least for me). Change your passwords regularly. You're lucky your zombie messages were bounced, otherwise you'd now be banned from all your lists. If you don't feel up to it, you can have a computer repair shop clean your computer or a company like GeekSquad at Best Buy, or the like, for a fee. All the best luck! --- On Fri, 6/24/11, Robert Ridenour <rwridenour@shelbywb.coop> wrote: From: Robert Ridenour <rwridenour@shelbywb.coop> Subject: [G-P-L] What's Happening? To: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 7:51 PM I belong to 18 different Rootsweb lists but have received NOTHING from any of them since June 20. However, I have received about 400 messages about mail failures since June 22. It appears as though someone got hold of my e-mail address and is using it to flood the e- mail network. My apologies for any problems this has caused, but it is completely out of my control. Regards, Robert W. Ridenour 4814 Loop Road Dorsey, IL 62021-1014 For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message