OT: Trojans

[Will]

dogscoff said:
And here's me expecting a thread about condoms.

Stop using IE, Outlook and/ or outlook express. THat's gonna tie up a lot of security loopholes right there.

Hey, I thought it was my school's mascot...

But, to reiterate what everyone else has said, ditch the Microsoft "internet suite", they're all riddled with exploits that any 11-year-old kid could use. Run windowsupdate to patch your system, get virus definitions on a regular schedule, scan on a regular schedule. There's a bunch of security settings that you can change to make things better, but are for some dumb reason turned off by default (I can't think of any now off the top of my head, but any windows tweak sites, eg. annoyances.org, will have a bunch of them).

[Sivran]

I suggest anything BUT Outlook/Outlook Express.

Some good alternatives:
Mozilla (with mailnews) http://www.mozilla.org/
Thunderbird (like Mailnews, only stand-alone) http://www.mozilla.org/
Pegasus (awesome for when you have tons of email accounts) http://www.pmail.com/

If you absolutely MUST continue using O/OE, visit the DSLR Security forum at http://www.dslreports.com/forum/security,1
There, they have an FAQ on email security and privacy: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/9173 If that doesn't help, make a post on the security forum asking for advice.

A dedicated anti-trojan application is also an option. A/T apps are, as you can guess, MUCH better at picking up and killing evil trojans than any A/V, even Kaspersky. You can learn about some A/Ts at the security forum above.