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Dear all,

I read this thread and found it a common problem in email groups. My suggestion is to do preventive measures

1. Some people do not like, but using a normal user account rather than an administrator account helps a lot in reducing malware infection. The installation of malware cannot change system kernel. When you need to install software, switch to administrator account.
    I know Linux, Windows Vista and MacOS prompts you to authenticate as administrator during software installation and it is quite useful.

2. Install security tools, (Internet security suite is worth).

3. Turn on Auto-Update for security patches and anti-virus. Some AV software provides more than one updates per day.

4. On data protection, do backup data. If you have sensitive data on notebook, encrypt them on hard disk.

5. In case of problem, use the HKCERT hotline 8105-6060. It is free of charge.

If you want free software for AV, firewall and data encryption, I can provide a list but they are limited to personal and non-commercial use.

Regards,
SC Leung


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Hi Marco,

I have checked with the emails in the thread you mentioned, it seems
there are no suspicious content inside these email.

And from what you had mentioned, smitfraud is a famous spyware which
ask users to install fake anti-spyware program. Moreover, smitfraud
usually come with some fake codec installer but not email.

Please let me know if you have any further questions on this :-)

Ben

On 9/22/07, Marco <justalot AT gmail.com> wrote:
  

Rebecca: After a 5h battle, I removed this special spyware (udefender
malware, smitfraud) from my computer. It started when I opened one of your
emails, but if no one else had a problem than it has to be another source.
Thanks' anyway for help. Best, Marco






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