[Gllug] Mail Clients dialing the Mail server constantly

[Richard Cohen]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, wendy carr wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We have a problem in one of the machines is dialing
> the mail server every five minutes but when we checked
> Outlook express all were set to dial every 20, 30 or
> 60 minutes and we switch off all machines at night.
>
> Any ideas?

Well, lets see... Outlook Express?  Therefore Windows, and likely
virus-ridden Windows as well...

I conclude you're infected and something is trying to spread itself and/or
spread spam.

> Cheers
>
> Wendy

Cheers
Richard

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