
Thunderbird is Spamming?
#1
Posted 06 November 2008 - 10:50 AM
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#2
Posted 06 November 2008 - 02:01 PM
You can back up your Thunderbird email here.
I would post a HJT log after you do the above as I see you have already done so some time ago, and perhaps as you have changed your system markedly, another one would suffice to make sure you have no Malware aboard.
Post back in this forum if you need more assistance, otherwise your HJT log in the correct forum as before..........thanks
Best regards,
#3
Posted 07 November 2008 - 08:10 AM
While Linux users generally breath easier and sleep well believing that their machines are safe from infections, there really are an assortment of Malware infections to which Linux is vulnerable. But the Linux user would generally have to deliberately allow an executable to run, in order for their own machine to be damaged. Unfortunately, this "can" happen.
More often the Linux user, while not vulnerable locally on their own machine, may receive infected email and pass that infection along to other Windows machines in their Network or to remote machines via email.
This second circumstance may be what your ISP is complaining about.
I've started a consultation with the Malware Team about your situation.
One of the Malware Specialists will come visit you here in this thread and probably be able to direct you to the correct procedures to post your problem into the Malware Removal forum for expert attention.
Best Regards,
Doug
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#4
Posted 07 November 2008 - 09:33 AM
#5
Posted 07 November 2008 - 10:26 AM
Just checking - did you manage to recover the files that ClamAV quarantined that you believed to be legit?
I would hope that now you've cleared out your Inbox things would be ok, especially if ClamAV is now reporting no infected files. It may be worth deleting any Spam/Junk that you do get more permanently in future. Also, if you receive another message like this from your ISP it may be worth contacting them and asking them if they can provide more information about which emails were infected.
Good luck.
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#6
Posted 07 November 2008 - 11:18 AM
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#7
Posted 07 November 2008 - 11:53 AM
" There are the keys to recover your personal account" ?
Look for The_Keys.doc.exe and delete it.
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#8
Posted 07 November 2008 - 02:04 PM
I've done a radical clean of all of my mail folders and subsequent scans have turned up nothing suspicious. I'm led to conclude that the machine is virus free.
Kaspersky recognizes "Trojan.Agent-59561"
Jacee, I've searched for that file and variations on its name and have not found anything like it. These emails come through the junk filters from time to time, but I always just junk them. I don't follow any links contained in emails unless I know who they come from.
As jpshortstuff suggests, clear out your browser cache and delete junk email regularly.
Doug and jpshortstuff, I set my browser and mail client to delete just about everything every time the programs are closed. I think I just had a few emails in my inbox and other folders that I had failed to weed out.
Again, thanks to everyone for the helpful advice.
Dave
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