Re: receiving loads of emails but no virus?
From: Ravensburg (ravensburg_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 02/07/04
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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 20:58:26 -0000
i've also had the same problem allthough mine was only about 12 emails a
day. Someone showed me how to use the message rules in outlook express to
stop emails that were not to me and that seems to have stopped the problem..
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
news:102ajgdo2g9gb1f@corp.supernews.com...
> Greetings --
>
> What you received is the output of a computer infected by one of
> several widely publicized, wide-spread, mass emailing worms. The
> virus' authors have deliberately spoofed the Microsoft information in
> the hopes of garnering more victims. This sort of email has been
> quite common for at least the past 9 months. The most widely-known
> are:
>
> W32.Swen.A_mm
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html
>
> W32.Dumaru_mm
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dumaru@mm.html
>
> W32.Gibe_mm
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.gibe@mm.html
>
> Trojan.Xombe
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.xombe.html
>
> Microsoft never has, does not currently, and very probably never
> will email unsolicited security patches. At the most, if, and only
> if, you subscribe to their security notification newsletter, they will
> send you an email informing you that a new patch is available for
> downloading.
>
> Microsoft Policies on Software Distribution
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/policy/swdist.asp
>
> Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin Emails
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp
>
> How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.asp
>
> Remember, any and all legitimate patches and updates are readily
> available at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/. You should develop
> the habit of checking this site at least once a month to keep your
> computer up-to-date. (Notice that this is the true URL, rather than
> the bogus one that may have been contained in the email you received.)
> Any messages that point to any other source(s) or claim to have the
> patch attached are bogus.
>
> You're receiving these emails because your email address is in
> the address book of someone infected with a worm, and/or because you
> posted your real email address somewhere on-line, either in a forum
> accessible to the public and spambots, such as Usenet, or on an
> untrustworthy web site that subsequently sold your address as part of
> a mailing list. One thing you can do is notify _everyone_ with whom
> you've ever corresponded via email that one or more of them may be
> infected with a mass emailing worm, and should take the appropriate
> steps.
>
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> --
> Help us help you:
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> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
> "lenny" <lenny1097@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:40254448$0$21308$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > Over the last 2 weeks or so I have been receiving over 200 emails a
> day most
> > with an attached virus.
> > I haven't ever opened one and I have also checked with Symantec
> antivirus
> > corporate edition virus checker. I don't have a virus on my
> computer. All of
> > the emails are coming to one address which hasn't been available for
> very
> > long (about 6 months)
> >
> > Do you think that I have the virus or could it just be that someone
> with my
> > address has it and I am getting all the emails. A couple of
> colleagues are
> > getting the same problem but by no means everyone that I know.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this one would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Lenny
> >
> >
>
>
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