I recently connected my computer to a cable modem and wasn't using a firewall. It seems that somone came into the machine and is using my IP address to send spam.

The cable company shut down my modem and notified me of the problem. I took all the settings out of outlook express thinking that it was using that program.

So here is whats hapening...I have the main comp connected to the cable modem and then there are three other machines that connect to the main one to gain internet access. I'm running a proxy server by analogx to give the other machines access. As soon as I start up that proxy I start getting pop up windows showing that Nortons is scaning out going messages. So whatever virus is on my machine needs that proxy running inorder to send the mail.

Is there anyway I can find this program or change the proxy program to stop that, I've been told that all the proxys would use the same settings..so just switching proxys wouldn't help. I've run Nortons online scan and that didn't find anything either...

Its starting to look like I'll have to format and reload everything which would be a major pain ...

There has to be a way to find this program and get rid of it with out starting over, no?

Thank you!