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Virus Alert- email from rec.boats
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:54:07 -0700, "RG" wrote:
"noah" wrote in message .. . ...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up". I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out 30hp. Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine utility, so it didn't get through to my system. ************************************************** **************** Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to "Undeliverable Mail". ************************************************** **************** Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb) unless you know what it is. Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan, with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list. As you were... ) noah There's definitely something going around, but I don't think it's directly related to the newsgroup. My email address as it appears to Usenet is completely munged up, and yet I've received three or four infected emails today , just as you've described. I don't know diddley about how these things work, but I do know that the one's I've received couldn't be related to my rec.boats participation because of the spoofed address. Or at least I can't see the connection if there is one. But thanks for the heads up anyway. RG- it's not just this newsgroup. The way these viruses are now working is that if anyone, anywhere, that communicates with you, gets infected, or if you post "naked" anywhere, the virus will harvest your address. It sucks, but that's the way it is. There are also email engines that send spam, and viruses, to every conceivable email address, in the hopes that they get a few "good ones". This also sucks. When I was growing up, we never had to lock our house, and we left the keys in the car all the time. Nowdays, I chain and padlock my lawnmower, and keep a 12 gauge beside my bed. The world turns. ....carry on. noah To email me, please remove the "FISH" from the net. |
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Virus Alert- email from rec.boats ===Soultion!===
I received a great big nasty bunch myself. I was able to filter them out
by using email filters to allow only persons in my address book to send mail. Someone my contact me at my alternate mail box. remove /antivirus/ for a valid address Capt Frank Hopkins http://www.home./antivirus/earthlink.net/~aartworks noah wrote: ...just wanted to give everyone a "heads up". I recently received a few emails from rec.boats users concerning my FAQ questions, and also concerning "scareing" a 20hp Merc to put out 30hp. Almost immediately, my rec.boats email addy started getting thumped with virus attachments. I haven't sent the virus to McAfee yet, but it is probably one of the current email worms or bugs. I update every couple of days, use a firewall, and also use an email quarantine utility, so it didn't get through to my system. ************************************************** **************** Most of the virus email subjects repute to be a "Microsoft Security Update", or related MS Upgrade. A few subjects referred to "Undeliverable Mail". ************************************************** **************** Be careful. Don't click on *any* executable (in this case it's 104Kb) unless you know what it is. Anyone who has emailed me recently should do a thorough virus scan, with an updated protection program. It's a pretty good bet that one of you has the virus, and it put me on the sucker list. As you were... ) noah |
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Virus Alert- email from rec.boats ===Soultion!===
Capt. Frank Hopkins wrote:
I received a great big nasty bunch myself. I was able to filter them out by using email filters to allow only persons in my address book to send mail. Someone my contact me at my alternate mail box. remove /antivirus/ for a valid address Capt Frank Hopkins http://www.home./antivirus/earthlink.net/~aartworks If you use a SPAM filter, all your incoming email goes to the filter before it hits your inbox. You can look at what's coming in and decide whether to download it or dump it. And if you combine that SPAM filter with a good virus detector, even if you decide to accept something from the SPAM catcher, the virus detector will isolate it. -- * * * email sent to will *never* get to me. |
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