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Old 03-10-2003, 04:42 PM
Jimmy
 
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Default I'm receiving strange email. Is it because I have posted in this newsgroup?

I have been getting email for different addresses all saying the same thing,
plus they have an attachment with them that I do not open.

This is an example of what one says:
***beginning***
"Hi.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to deliver your message to one or more destinations.



Undeliverable message to "
***ending***

Is anyone else getting messages like this?
I have ran all kinds of virus scans and they say my PC is clean. Any feed
back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim


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Old 03-10-2003, 04:42 PM
Victor M. Martinez
 
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It's a virus. I've been getting hundreds (I'm not kidding) of these per day
for the past few weeks. Email was most probably collected on usenet.

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Old 03-10-2003, 06:02 PM
Jim K
 
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I have too. Right after I posted a message to this newsgroup. Fortunately
the attachments are being deleted by my provider.

"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in message
...
It's a virus. I've been getting hundreds (I'm not kidding) of these per

day
for the past few weeks. Email was most probably collected on usenet.

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Old 03-10-2003, 08:02 PM
Pete Gennaro
 
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Always embed "removethis" or "NoSpam" or something similar in your email.

People seriously trying to email you will know to remove it


"Jimmy" wrote in message
. net...
I have been getting email for different addresses all saying the same

thing,
plus they have an attachment with them that I do not open.

This is an example of what one says:
***beginning***
"Hi.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to deliver your message to one or more

destinations.



Undeliverable message to "
***ending***

Is anyone else getting messages like this?
I have ran all kinds of virus scans and they say my PC is clean. Any feed
back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim




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Old 03-10-2003, 10:03 PM
Fir Bolg
 
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" ...
I have been getting email for different addresses all saying the same

thing,
plus they have an attachment with them that I do not open.

This is an example of what one says:
***beginning***
"Hi.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to deliver your message to one or more

destinations.


It's worth forking out the money for Norton anti-virus these days....or a
similar quality pc protection programme. I've had hundreds of these
including Swen which issues fake microsoft security updates. I have Norton
locking these emails in the background so that they can be deleted later on.




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Old 04-10-2003, 03:53 AM
dereck
 
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On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:46:26 +0000, Jimmy wrote:

I have been getting email for different addresses all saying the same
thing, plus they have an attachment with them that I do not open.

This is an example of what one says:
***beginning***
"Hi.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to deliver your message to one or more
destinations.



Undeliverable message to " ***ending***

Is anyone else getting messages like this? I have ran all kinds of virus
scans and they say my PC is clean. Any feed back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim



The lesson here is dont post using a real address!! Spamers will filter
out( nospam etc)
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Old 04-10-2003, 08:23 AM
Jimmy
 
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OK, I think I changed my email address enough...next I'll aply a filter to
block the sources that already have my exact email address.

Jim
mccord (at) insightbb (dot) com

"dereck" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:46:26 +0000, Jimmy wrote:

I have been getting email for different addresses all saying the same
thing, plus they have an attachment with them that I do not open.

This is an example of what one says:
***beginning***
"Hi.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to deliver your message to one or more
destinations.



Undeliverable message to " ***ending***

Is anyone else getting messages like this? I have ran all kinds of virus
scans and they say my PC is clean. Any feed back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim



The lesson here is dont post using a real address!! Spamers will filter
out( nospam etc)


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Old 04-10-2003, 08:28 AM
Jimmy
 
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OK, I think I changed my email address enough...next I'll aply a filter to
block the sources that already have my exact email address.

Jim
mccord (at) insightbb (dot) com

"dereck" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:46:26 +0000, Jimmy wrote:

I have been getting email for different addresses all saying the same
thing, plus they have an attachment with them that I do not open.

This is an example of what one says:
***beginning***
"Hi.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to deliver your message to one or more
destinations.



Undeliverable message to " ***ending***

Is anyone else getting messages like this? I have ran all kinds of virus
scans and they say my PC is clean. Any feed back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim



The lesson here is dont post using a real address!! Spamers will filter
out( nospam etc)


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Old 04-10-2003, 12:12 PM
Dick
 
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I have wondered why I was getting hundreds of bad stuff and a friend
using the same ISP had none. He browses the web often and signs up
for stuff more than I do. So, newsgroups sound right to me.

I got my ISP to filter and am down to 20 to 40 a day. I bought
"Mailwasher" which allows me to "Bounce" a message back as though my
address is bogus. That seems to help. Mailwasher also lets me know
many things about each message which allows me to make decisions such
as delete, blacklist in addition to the filters. Viagra and "penis"
enlargement are sure a nuisance. I haven't found a filter word that
catches all of them, same with viagra.

I sure miss the good old days without this bad stuff.


On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:46:26 GMT, "Jimmy"
wrote:

I have been getting email for different addresses all saying the same thing,
plus they have an attachment with them that I do not open.

This is an example of what one says:
***beginning***
"Hi.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to deliver your message to one or more destinations.



Undeliverable message to "
***ending***

Is anyone else getting messages like this?
I have ran all kinds of virus scans and they say my PC is clean. Any feed
back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim




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Old 04-10-2003, 01:02 PM
Sandy
 
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Dick wrote:
Mailwasher also lets me know
many things about each message which allows me to make decisions such
as delete, blacklist in addition to the filters. Viagra and "penis"
enlargement are sure a nuisance. I haven't found a filter word that
catches all of them, same with viagra.


Have you tried filtering the words using the "body".

"the body" - "contains" - "put your words here" see if that helps.

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Old 05-10-2003, 03:08 AM
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go here to learn more http://digital.net/~gandalf/spamfaq.html
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Old 07-10-2003, 08:02 PM
Jimmy
 
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Since I first posted this topic, I joined the virus news group. The virus
is called the SWEN virus. It alters the message frequently as it runs, so it
gets around many filters. I suspect some one in this group has it, since the
messages only stared after my first post in here.

Will everyone please scan their PCs for viruses! And if your anti-virus
program is out dated please update it. I'm listing the products I use. They
are ALL free for personal use.

Here is a link for a free Anti-Virus program:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Here is a link for a free online scan (web based virus scan)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/actives..._principal.htm

Here is a link for a Trojan Scanner:
http://www.moosoft.com/thecleaner/download.php

Here is a link for a Spyware fixer:
http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...&page=download

Please clean your PCs These viruses run in the background. You may not know
you have one.

Thanks,
Jim

"Jimmy" wrote in message
. net...
I have been getting email for different addresses all saying the same

thing,
plus they have an attachment with them that I do not open.

This is an example of what one says:
***beginning***
"Hi.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to deliver your message to one or more

destinations.



Undeliverable message to "
***ending***

Is anyone else getting messages like this?
I have ran all kinds of virus scans and they say my PC is clean. Any feed
back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim




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