Rich Grise wrote:

"They" get to your computer through your internet connection, by using
telnet or remote shell. I actually had a password sniffed and a computer
hijacked to be a spambot - I didn't discover it until somebody called
me and asked, "Why is your computer pinging me?"

How did they locate you? I have a fixed ip on the public internet and I can't find my
location info since my ISP doesn't list the location of customers by IP address.


Wes