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Thread ID: 57896	2005-05-15 22:10:00	a ghost in the machine ?	jonp (7517)	Press F1

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355515	2005-05-15 22:10:00	Hi I am wondering whether I have a ghost in my machine and if si what I can do to combat it ? This morning I have checked my slingshot email account and found that I have 13 new email messages arrive telling me that my emails I sent have been bounced. Each bouce message contacined about 3 or 4 email addess so that's over 40 email messages bounced. Ehich would be fine except I didn't send any of them !!!! Can anybody advise me of a good exorcist to rid me of this unwanted resident in my machine ?? (or at least let me know what is going on) Cheers	jonp (7517)
355516	2005-05-15 22:15:00	Most likely you have an email virus. Get (or update) an antivirus (AVG free is a good free one). Or you can go to TrendMicro online (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/) to do an online scan	Myth (110)
355517	2005-05-15 22:41:00	hi mythix i figured that may be the case but i have nod32 installed along with the zonealarm firewall, and neither seem to have picked up on anything. However, I shall perform the full scan later today and see what we come up with. cheers	jonp (7517)
355518	2005-05-15 23:46:00	Could also be someone else with a virus sending out mail as you, not much you can do about it, just wait until their machine gets cleaned.	Rob99 (151)
355519	2005-05-16 00:43:00	Further to Rob99 comment you could instal MailWasher and delete the mail before it is downloaded, you could also have a grizzle at Slingshot, won't get anywhere but it will make you feel better. Have had similar problem and all you can do is ride it out.	FrankS (257)
355520	2005-05-16 01:00:00	In Slingshot Mail, click on the Spam & Virus button at the top. For each email account, check the Spam Filtering & Spam Sensitivity settings. I set Spam Filtering to On - Deliver to Spam Folder & set the Spam Purging to 1 Then click on Save.	Peterj116 (6762)
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