1. Virus problem with Topica?
- Posted by Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net> Sep 19, 2003
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Recently I've been flooded with the hoax emails that have subjects dealing with security patches from MS, undeliverable mail, etc. There's usually an attachment in the form of an .exe. I'm certain these are viruses and don't know where they're coming from all of a sudden. Anyone else on this list having similar experiences?
2. Re: Virus problem with Topica?
- Posted by Bodin Dominique <bodind at club-internet.fr> Sep 19, 2003
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Yes, it's a virus so don't open these mails ! ! ! They seems comming from Microsoft but they don't, they are contaminated ! ! So put them in trash, and do an update of your antivirus soft ! Dominique On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 17:15:36 +0000, Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net> wrote: > > > Recently I've been flooded with the hoax emails that have subjects > dealing with security patches from MS, undeliverable mail, etc. There's > usually an attachment in the form of an .exe. I'm certain these are > viruses and don't know where they're coming from all of a sudden. > > Anyone else on this list having similar experiences? > > --^---------------------------------------------------------------- > This email was sent to: bodind at club-internet.fr > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > >
3. Re: Virus problem with Topica?
- Posted by jbrown105 at speedymail.org Sep 20, 2003
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 05:15:36PM +0000, Jonas Temple wrote: > > > Recently I've been flooded with the hoax emails that have subjects > dealing with security patches from MS, undeliverable mail, etc. There's > usually an attachment in the form of an .exe. I'm certain these are > viruses and don't know where they're coming from all of a sudden. > > Anyone else on this list having similar experiences? > Yes. Its probably because our email addresses are stored in the email archive, which is searchable via the web. That lets spammers find us more easily. (Don't know about a virus using the web to collect emails, tho.) I'm getting ready to change email addresses again. (I do this every time I get spammed rather than install a spam guard like a normal person, due to my irrational fear of false positives.) > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > -- "Without the freedom to become what we want, we shall not evolve, either as a race, or as an indivisual." - Someone