This is ridiculous

Exactly same thing has happened with me. I live in India, it seems this is a
big problem.
Neil.

"Larc" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:55:30 +0300, Chris pondered exceedingly, then took
quill
in hand and carefully composed...

| I have received over 135 bogus emails and virus threats today. I
started
| Outlook about fifteen minutes ago and it is still pulling in mail
(present
| count is 52 and still going) on this bogus Microsoft thing.

Not meaning to gloat, but I haven't received a single one! I and most of
the
people I regularly exchange email with use Eudora. OE is too hacker
"friendly"
and lacks the advanced filtering capabilities of Eudora.

Larc



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I had one question. How to know the exact domain of the email sender from
seeing into the header. I want it cos my ISP gives me ways to block domains,
so tell me how to know the exact domain of sender from email header.
Neil


"Larc" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:55:30 +0300, Chris pondered exceedingly, then took
quill
in hand and carefully composed...

| I have received over 135 bogus emails and virus threats today. I
started
| Outlook about fifteen minutes ago and it is still pulling in mail
(present
| count is 52 and still going) on this bogus Microsoft thing.

Not meaning to gloat, but I haven't received a single one! I and most of
the
people I regularly exchange email with use Eudora. OE is too hacker
"friendly"
and lacks the advanced filtering capabilities of Eudora.

Larc



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Carly wrote:
Throw away accounts, such as the one you
advertised, will not prevent the receipt of spam and/or viruses.

Well, I'm not "advertising". I mentioned a free service which is a very
clever way to receive email one time, such as for confirmations, without the
risk of being spammed as you might if you used a real email address. And
there are no others that use the same method as the one I "advertised", with
no signup, no information given, just make up an email address on the spot.

i have received over 600 in the past 3 days and its gettin annoying!!
"Larc" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:55:30 +0300, Chris pondered exceedingly, then took
quill
in hand and carefully composed...

| I have received over 135 bogus emails and virus threats today. I
started
| Outlook about fifteen minutes ago and it is still pulling in mail
(present
| count is 52 and still going) on this bogus Microsoft thing.

Not meaning to gloat, but I haven't received a single one! I and most of
the
people I regularly exchange email with use Eudora. OE is too hacker
"friendly"
and lacks the advanced filtering capabilities of Eudora.

Larc



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"Nicholas" wrote in message
...

You need to create a message rule that includes an "action"
to "delete it from the server".

Good idea, but in this case there's way too much variety.

"sli" wrote in message
...

Well, I'm not "advertising". I mentioned a free service which is a very
clever way to receive email one time, such as for confirmations, without
the
risk of being spammed as you might if you used a real email address. And
there are no others that use the same method as the one I "advertised",
with
no signup, no information given, just make up an email address on the
spot.

That service and ones like it are useful, but sometimes it's also
appropriate to have a permanent, public address.

I think what's dictating whether someone with a permanent address is being
nailed by this latest worm is whether that person's ISP or email provider is
on the ball or not. For example, the Hotmail people headed this one off at
the pass it seems, while another mail provider I have is obviously asleep in
the control room. If they'd just configure their gateway to dump these in
the bit bucket, users on that service would never see them.

I've had the same thing happen to me. I've tried following the instructions
from Symantec for removal but "the hits keep coming."

I had 155 emails overnight last night and probably the same so far this
afternoon.

I've followed Symantec's instructions but still am getting some of them.

Any other suggestions.

Steve

yes, I've run NAV twice etc....
"Chris" wrote in message
...
I have received over 135 bogus emails and virus threats today. I started
Outlook about fifteen minutes ago and it is still pulling in mail (present
count is 52 and still going) on this bogus Microsoft thing.

Hi Dave. While creating that message rule, once you click on the "add" key
and type in your email address, you will see that the "option" key is no
longer grayed out. Click on that key and you will see 2 choices. Select the
"not" choice.

"Dave Gower" wrote in message
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"Papa" wrote in message
...
Have you taken any defensive measures to minimize the problem, such as
NOT
using your real email address in NG posts, or creating a message rule
that
deletes from the server any incoming email that does NOT have your real
email address in the TO or CC line?

I have done the first for years now (with limited success) but as to the
second, my IE6 only allows me to specify "who" is in the "TO" box, not who
is "not". How do you do what you recommend?

Well, I mean to gloat. I use nothing but OE, I don't use any third part
software for email, and I don't receive any spam at all.

"Larc" wrote in message
news

Not meaning to gloat, but I haven't received a single one! I and most of
the
people I regularly exchange email with use Eudora. OE is too hacker
"friendly"
and lacks the advanced filtering capabilities of Eudora.

Larc

"Steve Dell" wrote in message
...
I've had the same thing happen to me. I've tried following the
instructions
from Symantec for removal but "the hits keep coming."

That's only for if you're infected, in which case you'd be SENDING them.
Getting them, that's something else entirely.

Don't quite understand what you are referring to about SENDING and GETTING.

I'm being bombarded with bogus emails supposedly coming from Microsoft and
other junk. I've run the anti-virus twice and it shows there is nothing
there. I"m modify the registry as instructed and am still getting all the
bogus emails.

Steve
"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
"Steve Dell" wrote in message
...
I've had the same thing happen to me. I've tried following the
instructions
from Symantec for removal but "the hits keep coming."

That's only for if you're infected, in which case you'd be SENDING them.
Getting them, that's something else entirely.

If someone's PC is infected by a virus, the user could unknowingly be
SENDING a poison email to everyone in his/her address book every time he/she
uses their email program. On the other hand, if that person has not taken
sufficient steps to protect their system against such attacks, they will be
vulnerable to RECEIVING a poison email every time incoming mail arrives.

"Steve Dell" wrote in message
...
Don't quite understand what you are referring to about SENDING and
GETTING.

I'm being bombarded with bogus emails supposedly coming from Microsoft and
other junk. I've run the anti-virus twice and it shows there is nothing
there. I"m modify the registry as instructed and am still getting all the
bogus emails.

Steve
"Milhouse Van Houten" wrote in message
...
"Steve Dell" wrote in message
...
I've had the same thing happen to me. I've tried following the
instructions
from Symantec for removal but "the hits keep coming."

That's only for if you're infected, in which case you'd be SENDING them.
Getting them, that's something else entirely.

Chris wrote:

| I have received over 135 bogus emails and virus threats today. I
| started Outlook about fifteen minutes ago and it is still pulling in
| mail (present count is 52 and still going) on this bogus Microsoft
| thing.

I think that it is about time that you revamped your email system.
It is no longer feasable to use unless I want
to get all of this junk. Most of these bots just use a dictionary
approach starting with _a_ and ending with _zzz_. If you are
using a major provider you are going to get this junk. I use a
munged email address from a defunct domain.
I receive nothing, nada.

--
Tampa Bay RR

It's all in the way it is set up. I don't get any either. OE/IE
fully patched.

Papa wrote:
| Well, I mean to gloat. I use nothing but OE, I don't use any third
| part software for email, and I don't receive any spam at all.
|
| "Larc" wrote in message
| news ||
|| Not meaning to gloat, but I haven't received a single one! I and
|| most of the people I regularly exchange email with use Eudora. OE
|| is too hacker "friendly" and lacks the advanced filtering
|| capabilities of Eudora.
||
|| Larc

--
Tampa Bay RR

You are not alone!!
Gene K

Kevin wrote:
Hey there,
How does one print a screen shot? I've tried the print
screen button with shift or alt or ctrl, no luck.
thanks

-kev
"Chris" wrote in message
...
I have received over 135 bogus emails and virus threats today. I started
Outlook about fifteen minutes ago and it is still pulling in mail (present
count is 52 and still going) on this bogus Microsoft thing.