Spam Block but seems clean.
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:50 pm
Hi Folks,
Being a new exetel customer for just over a month now, I was quite surprised when i went to log on this afternoon and i get the Spam Block Page.
I've just completed the scan on the computer that was accessing the internet and apart from the usual tracking cookies, no virus was found.
Scanned with AVG, Spybot, Adaware, ThreatFire as well as Norton and Hijackthis. Nothing was found to be out of the ordinary.
Now the only thing that was actively accessing the net last night on this computer should have been 'utorrent' and im thinking this is where my troubles have come from.
I recently figured out how to get Universial Plug and Play working for ports on my router and so decided to set utorrent to stop using a specific port and pick one at random each time.
Now what im proposing is that utorrent has somehow selected the port used for mail (25 or 80) at 'random' and this is what has caused the block?
Anyway, I've disconnected the 'supposedly infected' computer from the network and when i regain internet access (in 2 to 3 hours) will download some personal favourite programs and transfer by usb to see if anything is lurking deep in the computer, rootkits or similar.
Probably the biggest upset is that my VOIP is down because of this....seriously uncool
As Exetel clearly have the ability to allow *selected* browsing, Ie, the Exetel Members Facility, Forums, Exetel Homepage etc, maybe they should consider still permitting VOIP to work. Don't know if this is possible technically?
I take it there is NO way to speed the unblock process up?...lol
Being a new exetel customer for just over a month now, I was quite surprised when i went to log on this afternoon and i get the Spam Block Page.
I've just completed the scan on the computer that was accessing the internet and apart from the usual tracking cookies, no virus was found.
Scanned with AVG, Spybot, Adaware, ThreatFire as well as Norton and Hijackthis. Nothing was found to be out of the ordinary.
Now the only thing that was actively accessing the net last night on this computer should have been 'utorrent' and im thinking this is where my troubles have come from.
I recently figured out how to get Universial Plug and Play working for ports on my router and so decided to set utorrent to stop using a specific port and pick one at random each time.
Now what im proposing is that utorrent has somehow selected the port used for mail (25 or 80) at 'random' and this is what has caused the block?
Anyway, I've disconnected the 'supposedly infected' computer from the network and when i regain internet access (in 2 to 3 hours) will download some personal favourite programs and transfer by usb to see if anything is lurking deep in the computer, rootkits or similar.
Probably the biggest upset is that my VOIP is down because of this....seriously uncool

As Exetel clearly have the ability to allow *selected* browsing, Ie, the Exetel Members Facility, Forums, Exetel Homepage etc, maybe they should consider still permitting VOIP to work. Don't know if this is possible technically?
I take it there is NO way to speed the unblock process up?...lol