Re: Email i have not sent

From: Rob (r1_ffc_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/27/03 

Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 18:33:09 +0000 (UTC)

donut

Is Pegasus email any good I was thinking of giving it a try?

"donut" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:Xns936A61DF65440donut@216.102.43.227...
> "Rob" <r1_ffc@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:b8gab8$dc8$1@sparta.btinternet.com:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > For about four weeks now I have been getting mail returned from mail
> > delivery system to me saying the recipient did not receive this mail.
> > I have never sent mail to these people. I also now get viruses sent to
> > me with attachments which I instantly delete(about 5 per week).
> >
> > The mail that is suppose to have been sent by me also looks like it
> > has a virus attached.
> >
> > I have run two tests on the Internet tried Norton anti virus, AVG
> > ,Trojan removers all on my system and I can find nothing.
> >
> > When this first started I received a virus in Zip format and what
> > looked like a jpeg at the same time. The zip file was deleted right
> > away but I opened the jpeg. This looked a bit strange I couldn't make
> > out what it was suppose to be.
> >
> > I use Outlook express with Windows XP professional and also run Zone
> > Alarm.
> >
> > If anybody can shine some light on this situation I would be most
> > grateful.
> >
> >
> >
>
> It's an effect of the recent virus that sends itself pretending to be a
> Microsoft security patch.
>
> Don't worry about it. I have been getting the same messages on my Yahoo
> public account. Not only the bogus patch, but the undeliverable email
> message.
>
> If you want to make yourself a whole lot safer, the easiest and quickest
> thing you can do is get Outlook Express off your machine. It's the most
> common target of these worms and viruses, because it's so easily
> compromised. There are other free email programs which aren't so
> vulnerable.
>
> I say "so" vulnerable, because the one time I got infected, it was a
Eudora
> virus, and my guard was down because I trusted Eudora to be safe. "Never
> trust anything" is the best motto.
>
> Getting rid of OE is so easy. Control Panel>Add/remove programs>Windows
> Setup. Uncheck "Address Book" and Window will complain that it will have
to
> uninstall Outlook Express if you leave that box unchecked.
>
> Bingo!

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