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Ted Strawser
December 11th 03, 02:18 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Ted,
>
>Unfortunately there isn't much you really can do to stop
them from being received -- like all
>the e-mail viruses in the past, it'll die down.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Ted Strawser" > wrote in message
...
>> This morning I woke up to a typical email day, 19
emails
>> of which 17 were hoaxes. They are easily recognized
>> because they invariably contain either 144KB or 156KB
and
>> represented 34% of my allocated storage space. I have
>> run both McAffee and Trendmicro whole disc scans, but
>> that has not stopped them. Any ideas?
>>
>> Ted
>
>
>.
>Thanks, Jonathan. I pretty much suspected that that was
the case. Basically, it is just more of a nuisance than
anything else.

Ted

Jonathan Kay [MVP]
December 11th 03, 02:18 PM
Hi Ted,

I know exactly what you mean.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Ted Strawser" > wrote in message
...
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Ted,
> >
> >Unfortunately there isn't much you really can do to stop
> them from being received -- like all
> >the e-mail viruses in the past, it'll die down.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"Ted Strawser" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> This morning I woke up to a typical email day, 19
> emails
> >> of which 17 were hoaxes. They are easily recognized
> >> because they invariably contain either 144KB or 156KB
> and
> >> represented 34% of my allocated storage space. I have
> >> run both McAffee and Trendmicro whole disc scans, but
> >> that has not stopped them. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Ted
> >
> >
> >.
> >Thanks, Jonathan. I pretty much suspected that that was
> the case. Basically, it is just more of a nuisance than
> anything else.
>
> Ted
>

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