Re: Mails from "Microsoft" with a virus

From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/22/03

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    "Pete Seddon" <peter.seddon@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
    news:088b01c380e4$f29fbec0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
    > I'm being bombarded with e-mails from Microsoft that
    > contain an attached file with a virus. I know that they
    > aren't from Microsoft but they look prety dam convincing,
    > beside blocking them or making numerous rules is there
    > any way of stopping them from getting to me in the first
    > place?

    Pete,

    Ultimately the only way to avoid receiving e-mails is by being extremely
    careful about who you give your e-mail address to.
    One very simple example would be under no circumstances ever use your real
    e-mail address when posting to newsgroups (which unfortunately you have
    done - and this will directly increase the amount of SPAM you will receive).

    For more advice see
    http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spam.asp 

    -- 
Regards,
Mike
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"Pete Seddon" <peter.seddon@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:088b01c380e4$f29fbec0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm being bombarded with e-mails from Microsoft that
> contain an attached file with a virus. I know that they
> aren't from Microsoft but they look prety dam convincing,
> beside blocking them or making numerous rules is there
> any way of stopping them from getting to me in the first
> place?
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