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NOT detctable Spam mail Server Problem

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by parthiv_13

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I am getting 4-10 emails daily from different domain names with subject "delivery status Failure". Which I have never mailed to. Now I have Norton Internet Security 2003 and other Antiviruses as Onguard. Though I have doubt that some sort of SPAM mail server have been installed on my Desktop I don't have any Idea. The problem is its not getting detected and I don't want to Format my Partition. Also I have scanned it with different spyware detecters like spybot, McAfee and others.... But NO results. NOW THE QUESTION IS: HOW DO I "DETECT" THIS THING AND REMOVE FROM MY DESKTOP WITHOUT formating my partition ?

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by fat chink

More than likely your system is not the one sending out the email. I would recommend the following:

1. Change your email account password. Make sure it is not easy to break. The longer it is the better, use both numbers and letters. If your email host allows it, also put in a special character or two (such as %, !, $, etc).

2. Use online scanners such as http://security.symantec.com and http://housecall.trendmicro.com

3. Use CWShredder, TrojanHunter, Adaware SE 1.05, and Spybot Search & Destroy (just to begin with).

If there are no infections found in Step 2 or 3, then your computer is not the one which is infected. It is more than likely that someone you know is infected, your email address was picked out of the address list to be used as the 'From' address.

I host many domains and I see this happen all the time.

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