Need some help with this

[anniemac]

Thank you both so much. I don't know why this particular email got to me but I just had to know who it came from. I get so much junk mail but this one caught my eye.

You are both awesome.

[lojo]

When I get a chance to focus, I can help you expose the stuff, at least for now it is archived here just like 'my' golden casino is.

I do find it interesting that your 'mask' was an .edu but that complicates the affiliates more than defines them (so-called university think tanks and incubators)
I'd rather get to the bottom of it and end the aff business as it operates today. Period. It is shady and corrupt for the most part. Good affiliates can stand up and recreate it unless they are part and parcel.

[bb28]

You are welcome Anniemac although I didn't do much.
Lojo is way out in front of me.

[mysticjoz]

Also keep in mind everyone.. I myself got a "Trojan" way back.. which literally stole my email address and was SPAMMING from it. (which is why I changed internet providers and email addresses) I had signed on one day to see literally dozens of "mailer damon and can not be delivered" emails in my inbox when I had not sent any emails out!!

You can try this site...
http://onguardonline.gov/spam.html At the bottom of thier page is a link to each government site that can help out in any situation regarding the internet. And you will receive a reply within 24 hours. (I did anyway)
good luck.

[bb28]

Originally Posted by mysticjoz

Also keep in mind everyone.. I myself got a "Trojan" way back.. which literally stole my email address and was SPAMMING from it. (which is why I changed internet providers and email addresses) I had signed on one day to see literally dozens of "mailer damon and can not be delivered" emails in my inbox when I had not sent any emails out!!

You can try this site...
http://onguardonline.gov/spam.html At the bottom of thier page is a link to each government site that can help out in any situation regarding the internet. And you will receive a reply within 24 hours. (I did anyway)
good luck.

Mystic.......unless you cleaned your computer of the trojan,, changing ISP's and email address didn't get rid of it......did you clean it or hire someone to do so?

[mysticjoz]

Yes, it's clean... I spent over 3 hours with "norton" attempting to take control of my computer to remove the trojan. everytime they got close, they were booted out! (amazing how much a trojan can do!)
In the end I removed Norton antivirus and installed McAfee.. which did catch and remove the trojan.
I also had it checked by a professional just to make sure.. but it is gone!
thank you!

What I was thinking was with the edu. ending on that email it could have been from a college or educational site that had been hijacked. (slim possibility, but still possible)

[bb28]

Originally Posted by mysticjoz

Yes, it's clean... I spent over 3 hours with "norton" attempting to take control of my computer to remove the trojan. everytime they got close, they were booted out! (amazing how much a trojan can do!)
In the end I removed Norton antivirus and installed McAfee.. which did catch and remove the trojan.
I also had it checked by a professional just to make sure.. but it is gone!
thank you!

What I was thinking was with the edu. ending on that email it could have been from a college or educational site that had been hijacked. (slim possibility, but still possible)

Glad you got it cleaned up .......Trojans are very nasty things.....can steal bank info, passwords, take over your computer by spewing spam, etc........etc.
You could have got it from an email.....website, IM client......you may never know where it came from.

[RobWin]

Originally Posted by mysticjoz

Yes, it's clean... I spent over 3 hours with "norton" attempting to take control of my computer to remove the trojan. everytime they got close, they were booted out! (amazing how much a trojan can do!)
In the end I removed Norton antivirus and installed McAfee.. which did catch and remove the trojan.
I also had it checked by a professional just to make sure.. but it is gone!
thank you!

What I was thinking was with the edu. ending on that email it could have been from a college or educational site that had been hijacked. (slim possibility, but still possible)

mysticjoz, you should go ahead and dump McAfee too and install AVG, it's more of a professional antivirus program that any of those bundled brands. I got more viruses with McAfee than any other. I've been using AVG for over three years now and have never had one single issue with my system. If you are interested there's another thread in here somewhere, I'll have to find it where I posted the link to their freeware Antivirus & Antispam.

[bb28]

Originally Posted by RobWin

mysticjoz, you should go ahead and dump McAfee too and install AVG, it's more of a professional antivirus program that any of those bundled brands. I got more viruses with McAfee than any other. I've been using AVG for over three years now and have never had one single issue with my system. If you are interested there's another thread in here somewhere, I'll have to find it where I posted the link to their freeware Antivirus & Antispam.

I use AVG and other free programs and I'm a lot more satisfied with them than the paid versions......see my recommendations in this post. http://www.casinomeister.com/forums/...light=firewall

[RobWin]

Windows Defender is another free program that helps you stay up to date by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Here's the link if interested:


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en