[at-l] OT - Trojan Horses

[s.landis at comcast.net (Steve Landis)]

Jan Leitschuh wrote:

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> 1) How does one detect this?
> 2) How does one rid this?
> 3) What sort of havoc can I expect to be wreaked?
> 4) Can this TJ jump to anyone I correspond with, or does it involve a 
> direct attack on an individual computer?
> 5) Could I have picked this up long ago, before I got a firewall?
> 6) Now what? Does "42" figure into this anywhere?
>

What works for me:

Ad-Aware SE Personal - Free
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot - Free
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html

Spyware Blaster - Free
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Zone Alarm - Free
http://tinyurl.com/coyt2

eTrust? EZ Antivirus - $19.95
http://tinyurl.com/b6gkd

Browser: Firefox - Free
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Mail/Newsreader: Thunderbird - Free
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

No IE; OE; or Outlook!

YMMV
Steve