For goodness sake, shouldn't someone at least point Shake in the right direction before banishing the guy? It's not like he wants his computer infected or is sending spam on purpose, right?
I'm sure he could handle installing two programs himself. If he really can't, someone just has to install these two programs for him. Either way, it won't take more than 10-15 minutes to install these two. I've linked directly to the installers for both programs below. AVG Antivirus http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-free-antivirus Malwarebytes (note that software updates are done manually) http://malwarebytes-anti-malware.en.softonic.com/download#ptn=malwarebytes At risk of sounding like an endorsement, both programs do a surprisingly good job of protecting your computer from viruses considering that they are free. I gave up Norton years ago in favor of these two. They also don't bog my system down nearly as much as Norton did. 1) Download and install AVG and Malwarebytes 2) Uninstall whatever existing antivirus software he has on his machine now. 3) Run Malwarebytes and AVG scans Hope this helps him, -ant- -----Original Message----- From: jwan allen [mailto:jwan.al...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:07 PM To: kent williams Cc: Thor Teague; Odeluga, Ken; Martin Dust; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) 313 hopefully a kind soul can do this over the memorial day weekend! On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:53 PM, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Shake is aware of this problem. The problem -- I suspect -- is that > his e-mail machine is infected with a virus of some sort. > > Tony is a brilliant musician, not a computer technician. It would be > great if someone who actually lives in the Detroit area and is > acquainted with him would volunteer to check his machine and get > things fixed up. > > The reason I haven't yet blocked his address is that it would mean he > doesn't see 313 list e-mail, and I know he's interested in it. The > occasional spam message from his address is a price I'm willing to > pay. > > I'll e-mail sebastien and tell him to find a non-work e-mail address > to use for the list. If he doesn't respond I'll just unsub him. Cut > him some slack, though -- I bet this auto-responder stuff happens > outside his control. > -- Technoir Audio http://www.technoiraudio.com "dealing with your imperfect world" ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3600 - Release Date: 04/27/11