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Old 02-25-2006
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Well I left my house on Wednesday with all of my computers on and when I returned on Friday I noticed my internet was not working. Well first I decided to unplug and restart my modem. Didn't fix it. Then I decided to just wait it out but after about 8 or 9 hours I started to worry. I then decided to call up Time Warner (I have Roadrunner cable internet, btw) and they told me my internet had been purposely shut off because someone connected to my modem had been mass spamming (through email) all of their subscribers. I was shocked at this and told him I would fix it, and he reconnected me. I immediatley ran virus scans on all of my computers and as usual all but one (my roommates ) came up clean. He didn't have anything that seemed incredibley bad, just a bunch of spyware. Has anyone heard anything about this going around or anything? I'm obviously still concerned. Does anyone know if there's a way to see exactly which computer it was on or how to fix it? Any info at all? Thanks.


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Can be all sorts of malware , i cant say what that was/is. But the "Prework" sounds like an good idea to try.


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