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remotely accessed emails <nobody 11-10-2005
Posted by on November 10, 2005, 1:19 pm
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how do I check my computer to make sure somebody doesn't monitor my email by
installing one of those spy softwares that sends them my emails?

I don't see it on my Norton Internet Security personal firewall
configuration.

Thanks



Posted by David H. Lipman on November 10, 2005, 1:35 pm
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| how do I check my computer to make sure somebody doesn't monitor my email by
| installing one of those spy softwares that sends them my emails?
|
| I don't see it on my Norton Internet Security personal firewall
| configuration.
|
| Thanks
|

Syware wouln't monitor your email, per se. Depending on what time it will
monitor
information on your computer such as your key strokes, what web sites you visit,
your email
addressboo, your data files, etc.

Anti virus is half the story if you don't practice Safe Hex. The othwer half is
anti
spayware/adware software such as...

BHODemon
SpyBot Search and Destroy
Ad-awere SE
Spyware Blaster
Spyware Doctor
Webroot Spy Sweeer
CWShredder
Pest Patrol

Some are free like Ad-aware SE and SpyBot S&D and others require a nominal
payment.

There are rogue anti spywarer applications. They are very poorly working
software or
malware disguised as anti spyware or software that generate many false positives
to get you
to buy their softwae.

The place to check for Rogues is at SpyWare Warrior
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Since many forms of malware will want to communicate "home" or to a third party
server,
there is a good free utility caledd TCPView that can show you waht program is
connecting to
what Internet site using what TCP or UDP protocol
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/TcpView.html

Your *best* defense is your own actions. What you do and where yo go on the
Internet and
how you react to sites and email is you best defense. Being on guard and takling
precuations is part of practicing Safe Hex.

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html



--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by on November 10, 2005, 3:01 pm
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Thanks Dave. I have ad-aware installed already, so will that catch it? I'm
referring to these "spy" email things like eblaster that someone slips a
disk in your computer and downloads a "hidden" program to monitor your
email.

>
> | how do I check my computer to make sure somebody doesn't monitor my
> email by
> | installing one of those spy softwares that sends them my emails?
> |
> | I don't see it on my Norton Internet Security personal firewall
> | configuration.
> |
> | Thanks
> |
>
> Syware wouln't monitor your email, per se. Depending on what time it will
> monitor
> information on your computer such as your key strokes, what web sites you
> visit, your email
> addressboo, your data files, etc.
>
> Anti virus is half the story if you don't practice Safe Hex. The othwer
> half is anti
> spayware/adware software such as...
>
> BHODemon
> SpyBot Search and Destroy
> Ad-awere SE
> Spyware Blaster
> Spyware Doctor
> Webroot Spy Sweeer
> CWShredder
> Pest Patrol
>
> Some are free like Ad-aware SE and SpyBot S&D and others require a nominal
> payment.
>
> There are rogue anti spywarer applications. They are very poorly working
> software or
> malware disguised as anti spyware or software that generate many false
> positives to get you
> to buy their softwae.
>
> The place to check for Rogues is at SpyWare Warrior
> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
>
> Since many forms of malware will want to communicate "home" or to a third
> party server,
> there is a good free utility caledd TCPView that can show you waht program
> is connecting to
> what Internet site using what TCP or UDP protocol
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/TcpView.html
>
> Your *best* defense is your own actions. What you do and where yo go on
> the Internet and
> how you react to sites and email is you best defense. Being on guard and
> takling
> precuations is part of practicing Safe Hex.
>
> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
>
>
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>



Posted by David H. Lipman on November 10, 2005, 3:17 pm
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| Thanks Dave. I have ad-aware installed already, so will that catch it? I'm
| referring to these "spy" email things like eblaster that someone slips a
| disk in your computer and downloads a "hidden" program to monitor your
| email.

Ad-aware is highly recomended BUT, it doesn't catch all adware/spyware. SpyBot
S&D is also
highly recomended.

McAfee will detect this software as...

Spyware-eBlaster -- http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100972.htm
eBlaster -- http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_121208.htm

My understanding is that only the McAfee AV applications that can be enabled to
detect
"potentially unwanted programs" will detect this.

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.EBlaster.a --
http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encyclopedia?virusid=63212


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by Charlie Tame on November 11, 2005, 12:29 am
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You are not talking about "Spyware" are you, you mean a program to "Spy" on
you personally like a key logger (That sends what you type to someone else)
etc.

Most of these are picked up by anti-virus packages, there are some more
specialized packages designed for this type of program which is generally
classed as a "Trojan".


Virus = something like flu which spreads itself.

Trojan (Trojan Horse) = something which either hides or pretends to be
something else whilst at the same time doing something malicious.

The key difference is that viruses try to spread, Trojans generally don't,
although you can get combinations of both.

The real answer is that you can't protect yourself completely if someone can
get a disk to your machine. You can protect it better, but you can't protect
it completely.

If you are really concerned about this a product I can suggest is BoClean
from www.nsclean.com (Thinks I got that right). The Author is someone I know
and trust and he's been doing this for years - I have every confidence in
the product, but no product can guarantee against physical tampering.
BOClean is not free but if you buy and don't like you will get your money
back...

If you want to give a bit more detail on here someone can maybe help you to
make the machine a bit more secure.

Charlie


> how do I check my computer to make sure somebody doesn't monitor my email
> by installing one of those spy softwares that sends them my emails?
>
> I don't see it on my Norton Internet Security personal firewall
> configuration.
>
> Thanks
>



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