Jimmy Macintosh
22nd Feb 2010, 17:25
I received an email from my brother trying to sell me a 3g phone.
I checked the headers and it is from his address, but it's signed with his full Christian name rather than the shortened version that he normally uses.
My question is, I'm assuming someone has some spyware that has harvested a bunch of email addresses.
Is it more likely his machine, my machine or another, is there anyway to tell? I've told him to run adaware, but would this catch it? I've run it myself and will know the results when I get home.
Is there a chance it's my machine, the internet seems to be slower than it should, what's the best way to find out if I'm being used as a server?
Odd I know, but I've never experienced this problem before and am curious on the best ways to fix it.
Thanks.
I checked the headers and it is from his address, but it's signed with his full Christian name rather than the shortened version that he normally uses.
My question is, I'm assuming someone has some spyware that has harvested a bunch of email addresses.
Is it more likely his machine, my machine or another, is there anyway to tell? I've told him to run adaware, but would this catch it? I've run it myself and will know the results when I get home.
Is there a chance it's my machine, the internet seems to be slower than it should, what's the best way to find out if I'm being used as a server?
Odd I know, but I've never experienced this problem before and am curious on the best ways to fix it.
Thanks.