Originally Posted by Deek

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It sounds like you have a worm, or a mass mailing virus. Take a look at the free software called activeports. Its similar to the unix PS -aux command. Err in non nerd terms, it tells you wtf is talking ;) If you see a ton of weird *!$%. Then your likly infected.

TrendMicro has a free webbased virus scanning program which is pretty sweet. Googling trendmicro free, typically turns it up. Hope it gets better.