Re: Spam, a security risk?
From: Shenan T. Stanley (newshelper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 07/11/03
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 18:26:28 -0500
Terance Muller <> wrote:
> I get pop-ups, which I do not know how to delete, and
> received this message,"Congratulations, you've been hit
> by the newest form of unwanted advertising, or spam. This
> message was sent to your computer through a built in
> feature that Microsoft included in your copy of Windows
> 2000, NT, or XP. These types of spam messages are worse
> than unwanted e-mail since you dont even need to have an
> e-mail account or web browser. If you are one of the
> millions of people who get unwanted messages like these
> everyday, there is hope." Is there any truth to this
> claim, or is this just their sales pitch to get you to
> buy a product???
Advice on Popups and their elimination:
http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#popups
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9s
You may want to look over the whole page.
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