Posted By Frank Hallett Now, I know that this will raise a smile with some; but I consider that my recent experience should be shared despite the embarrassment. Why? Because it's possible that the email that I use on this Forum may have been the start point! Yesterday, I received 2 emails from sufficiently different senders to not get caught by my Spam deflector. Both identified that my web site had not responded correctly to their browsers and included attachments that alleged to be related to that with an offer of providing services to fix it. Unfortunately, once the message was read, the attachments opened and infected my computer with a Trojan that goes by the wonderful name of "Win32/OutsBot!generic". Who dreams this stuff up? I've now spent all morning trying to get rid of it and still have some more to do; and may need to get a techie wizard to finish it off. Good job I have the 2nd computer & the laptop. Please take care, and if you get any messages that include the above, or the word "Mozzella" [I think that's how it went], immediately delete, delete & delete again! Don't forget to delete from the "Deleted files" folder as well. Frank Hallett

Posted By Sheila EJ Keogh Great idea about the reverse virus! A super-techie who could do this would be worth his weight in gold!! (after a manual handling r.a. of course!)

Posted By gham Frank There's free software on the tinternet that will take that wee bug ger off for you, http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html It is very useful, however your antivirus wost ware really should have picked it up even if your Spam filter didn't I would add that i use it however you should consult with an IT expert G'

Posted By David.G.C This is worth running aswell http://www.computeractiv...g-antivirus-free-edition

Posted By gham Quite Right David The exact reason why i don't share my email address, I am selective over who I do that with and it also helps reduce the possibility of getting Tronjan Horses, Worms and Spam email G'

Posted By Brett Day Partly from this but also from a thread regarding agencies 'harvesting' e-mail addresses, something that other discussion forums do is have a members profile section where the active link is not an e-mail address but a link to a page with the members e-mail is printed to use it, it has to be cut and pasted into the e-mail program. It won't stop someone manually 'harvesting' e-mail addresses but does stop automatic systems. Worth considering on this forum??

Posted By John Mackessack Hi Frank, Sorry to hear your woes! However, if you see 'MOZILLA' do not discard it outright without further thought or research. Mozilla write freely downloadable software which is very good. Their 'Firefox'internet browser is as functional as Microsoft's internet explorer but because only about 5% of PC users have been enlightened to it, the spammers, hackers etc don't target it. So it is inherently less hassle. Look up Mozilla and get a quiet life!