repetitive email

From: Reruben (jim_softi_at_Hotmail.com)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:01:05 -0700

The hackers/virusmakers search for addresses on the
internet to send the virus too. Most common places are
newsgroups (such as this one), Chat rooms and of course
IRC (internet relay chat) websites.
It usually is a phase in the internet for about a
month... everyone complains about getting heaps.. at one
stage someone was getting 300 a day... quite significant.

Hope that helps,

rgds, reuben
>-----Original Message-----
>I am getting an email identified
>as "security@microsoft.com at least 3 times a day.
>Fortunately my anti virus is picking it up. Can you
tell
>me why it is being sent to my address on such a regular
>basis ?
>.
>

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