A few words on two antivirus programs...

[ozwinner]

Right click the email and tell norton to scan.

Al

[jow104]

Right click the email and tell norton to scan.

Al

Thanks Al. That's something new I've learnt today.
Now all I have got to do is wait until tomorrow and try that on the next one.
The day after we are going on our hols. for 21 days. So I will have plenty to practice on when we return.

[Toolin Around]

Well I strongly suggest that you do a little more research. Note that this site is Microsoft. They probably have some knowledge of their own OS's.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308538

Well you sure know how to use MS Knowledge base, good onya! Now I suggest you expand you horizons and include google, yahoo and or a few other search engines to give you a better picture of what is actually going on.

[Toolin Around]

You are both right.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com.../drwatson.html

So tomorrow at dawn, its mouses at 10 paces.

Al

This one gives more details and I believe it's a different trojan than the one described in your link. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...ll.trojan.html

[Toolin Around]

Thanks Al. That's something new I've learnt today.
Now all I have got to do is wait until tomorrow and try that on the next one.
The day after we are going on our hols. for 21 days. So I will have plenty to practice on when we return.

The easiest way to describe how to block senders is to tell you to go to the help index of your email software. If it's Outlook just press F1 and type in "block sender" and it should give you the answer.

If you are using outlook (not outlook express) you can get information on the sender without opening it. Right click the email and select options. At the bottom of the options window is a box that's titled Internet Headers. At the top of that box it should say: "Return-Path: (senders email address)" Take that email address and do a google search on it and see what comes up. Most legit companies have email addresses that identify them in it (I.e. [email protected]) If it doens't, phone the bank you believe sent you the original suspect email and ask them to verifiy if it's theirs. Let us know what comes up

[Toolin Around]

Well I strongly suggest that you do a little more research. Note that this site is Microsoft. They probably have some knowledge of their own OS's.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;308538

I forgot to include in this thread a very important part. It was drwatson32.exe that was trying to call home on my machine. I am more than aware what drwatsonis. This is a thread expaining what dreatson32 is http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...jan.dremn.html

I got confused, I had explained the difference between drwatson32.exe drwtsn32.exe in a different thread not this one. So when it tried to phone home I got curious and did a whois on it, only to find it wasn't trying to contact a MS ip.

My appologies I had the impression you were having a go at me (hence the the reation).

[woodyjow]

to tooling around.
Loooking at your reply under a new registerred name (on my holdiays) the emails have kept coming in daily but always have a different sender name.

woodyuk

[Toolin Around]

to tooling around.
Loooking at your reply under a new registerred name (on my holdiays) the emails have kept coming in daily but always have a different sender name.

woodyuk

You've got to treat you email address like you your personal information and not give it out to anyone you don't absolutely trust. And I don't think banks are on my trust list.

Sounds like your email address has made it on a spammers list. About the only thing you can do is learn to recognise which are good and which are bad and just delete the crap. It will die off eventually and then a couple months later start up again...

[ozwinner]

Ive had the same email address for about 4 years, I never got any spam until I had a disputed transaction on Ebay, now Im flooded with offers for viagra, penis enlargements etc.

So being the kind fella that I am, I signed him up to all kinds of sites.

Al

[woodyjow]

here are some more good tips from the uk forum re spam .

http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9869

[Toolin Around]

Ive had the same email address for about 4 years, I never got any spam until I had a disputed transaction on Ebay, now Im flooded with offers for viagra, penis enlargements etc.

So being the kind fella that I am, I signed him up to all kinds of sites.

Al

Did ya buy any viagra at least?

[Toolin Around]

here are some more good tips from the uk forum re spam .

http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9869

I like the one where you register the email address.