Ad-Aware SE, SpyBot S & D, Spyware Doctor, Windows Defender, and Windows Live OneCare all qualify as malware detectors. I can't vouch for their effectiveness, but I'm not sure how you could be more diligent defending against spambots. (Though TrojanHunter claims to be the only scanner capable of cleaning certain type of Trojan horse programs.)
________________________________ From: Stephens B. Woodrough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 4:28 PM To: Jesse Pelton Subject: RE: [Spambayes] An Ever-Increasing Problem Thank you, again, for your help. I have been using the following software programs on a fairly regular basis: Adware SE, SpyBot, Spyware Doctor, Registry Mechanic, Defender and Windows Live One Care. I also run XP Pro (SP2) Firewall - although I also use a router which (I'm told) makes a firewall unnecessary. My problem now is that I'm not sure what you mean by "malware detection tool." Do you have a particular program in mind, or can you recommend such a program? Thanks. Stephens B. Woodrough THE BANKING LAW FIRM 100 Beach Drive Suite 1801-03 St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 http://www.fedbanklaw.com <http://www.fedbanklaw.com/> Tel. (727) 898-9009 Fax. (727) 898-9006 NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contains confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone at (727) 898-9009and delete this message. Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by the sender. -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:14 PM To: Stephens B. Woodrough; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Spambayes] An Ever-Increasing Problem A couple of things come to mind. I'd run at least one malware detection tool on my machine to make sure it wasn't running anything I didn't want (and then try to get the same thing done on other company machines). I'd ask the administrator of my e-mail server if there's a way to capture the messages sent by machines under my company's control (in the hopes of determining whether my machine or someone else's in the network originated messages that result in bounces, and if so, what their origin was). While there, I'd ask him/her if setting up SPF would help contain the problem. And, of course, I'd ask the SpamBayes list for ideas. ;-) P.S. When you respond to messages on the list, please "Reply to all" to make sure everyone on the list sees your message. ________________________________ From: Stephens B. Woodrough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:40 PM To: Jesse Pelton Subject: RE: [Spambayes] An Ever-Increasing Problem Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Assuming your assessment is correct, what action(s) would you take if you were in my position? Again, thank you for your time and attention. Sincerely, Stephens B. Woodrough THE BANKING LAW FIRM 100 Beach Drive Suite 1801-03 St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 http://www.fedbanklaw.com <http://www.fedbanklaw.com/> Tel. (727) 898-9009 Fax. (727) 898-9006 NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contains confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone at (727) 898-9009and delete this message. Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by the sender. -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:05 PM To: Stephens B. Woodrough; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Spambayes] An Ever-Increasing Problem SpamBayes does not send any messages. Even if it did, it wouldn't automatically send unsubscribe messages; the developers are very conservative, as evidenced by their consistent stance against automatically deleting messages. I would guess that it's more likely that some spammer is sending messages that purport to come from you (hence they bounce back to you if they can't be delivered), or that your machine has become a spambot and is actually sending the returned messages. Others on the list may have more insightful and/or creative thoughts. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephens B. Woodrough Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Spambayes] An Ever-Increasing Problem Dear Sirs: I have recently experienced a very large increase in "returned" emails as "undeliverable." I now receive over 500 each day. The SpamBayes filter, of course, places them in the Spam folder and they are later deleted permanently. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that since virtually all of this returned email is coming from servers that were used to forward spam which SpamBayes filtered, the filter program must be sending a message back, asking to be "unsubscribed" - and that the result is an ever-increasing cycle of repeated "returned" emails from those servers. Stated differently, are these new returned emails being sent to me caused by "reply" emails being sent by SpamBayes, asking that my address be "unsubscribed, which are then returned back to me as "undeliverable?" If so, is there any way to disable the SpamBayes feature that sends a reply email asking that I be unsubscribed? This is becoming a very BIG problem for my office, and I would be very appreciative of any help. Sincerely, Stephens B. Woodrough THE BANKING LAW FIRM 100 Beach Drive Suite 1801-03 St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 http://www.fedbanklaw.com <http://www.fedbanklaw.com/> Tel. (727) 898-9009 Fax. (727) 898-9006 NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contains confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone at (727) 898-9009and delete this message. Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by the sender.
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