ip address and security issues
hi, i know some stuff but not a lot about ips and security, i am currently running xp on mediacom cable i have zonealarm pro the trial version i previously was using the zonealarm free download and i have adaware 6.0 i just downloaded the FXBeagle from symantec and have run that program.....my issue is that i have been getting strange emails on my yahoo email...i had about a week or so ago gotten an email from a military address that said a virus was detected in the .pif i sent but i had not sent an email to that address and i don't know what .pif is ...in the last few days i have gotten two different emails one came from [email protected] within that email was some text stating that they had received complaints that i was sending spam and my system probably had a trojan and i should use the attached zip file with the following password...i thought it was a fishy email and have not opened the attachment...on the yahoo email page there is a link regarding important virus information and there it says that emails showing a sender of administration@ could contain a virus...so i am trying to find more info about both of the above...i know that i have changed my ip address in the past, but apparently it is not the internet ip? my comp tech guy that updated my hard drive ram processor is about 3.5 hours from me and he had me do some things with my ip so he could work on my comp from his...any info is appreciated thanks