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I have a situation I’m at a loss to understand and could use some help from someone who may have encountered it before.<BR>
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I have installed some Mac’s at my church’s office. They have both Mac’s and PC’s for now. The local cable company that supplies the internet access stopped the outgoing mail because they said four of the machines (3 PC’s and 1 Mac) were infected with something that is sending out msg’s. They named the offending PC’s by e-mail, including the Mac. Only one of the PC’s is the big problem, apparently sending out a msg every 3 seconds, and the other two PC’s and one Mac were only sending a few msg’s. <BR>
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Sounds like a Trojan horse installed itself on the PC’s and is causing the big problem. Norton Anti-virus was up to date and did not catch it. I’ll figure out how to clean the PC but I’ve never heard of a Mac getting the same thing that infected a PC. And what do I run to clean the Mac? I didn’t buy any Mac anti-virus because I didn’t think Mac’s would get Trojan horse’s.<BR>
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My questions are: Is the cable company correct? Did the same Trojan horse infect the Mac & the PC’s? And if so, how do I clean the Mac of the Trojan horse.<BR>
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If you have a suggestion to how to clean the PC I’ll take it too. Norton Anti-virus did not detect it. <BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
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--Bob Aldridge<BR>
Huntsville, AL</SPAN></FONT>
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