Re: W32/Dumaru.a@MM Virus

From: David Hoffman (kerplatz_at_cableone.net)
Date: 10/05/03 

Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 18:57:21 -0700

That sucks. That means that if for the next year or
longer this email gets sent to me, I will have to deal
with it. I swear I will go postal if it keeps happening
(just kidding). I guess it is time to change my email
account again. This really blows because that is my main
email account.

>-----Original Message-----
>Block it with rules in your mail client. The virus
spoofs the sender, as far
>as I know. Not much you can do but delete the messages.
>
>David Hoffman wrote:
>> Everyday now for the past month I have been receiving
an
>> email that is supposedly from security@microsoft.com
and
>> contains the file patch.exe. My virus software (NAV)
>> catches this virus. I am getting tired of receiving
this
>> email from the same person, whom I don't know. The
email
>> header contains some information from who sent this
>> email. I want to do something to either stop that
person,
>> crash the email server from where I get the virus
>> containing email, or sue the pants off the people
sending
>> me this email. I WANT THIS CRAP TO STOP NOW. What can I
>> do to fight back??????????
>
>
>.
>

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