Mass E-mail Spam??
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Originally posted by webmaster
They stopped at this end. Earthlink must have figured out how to block it. You might want to check with your ISP if they are still coming to see if there is anything they can do about it.
They stopped at this end. Earthlink must have figured out how to block it. You might want to check with your ISP if they are still coming to see if there is anything they can do about it.
Everyone - PLEASE invest in Virus scan software, update it and USE it....
Doug
PS - Its getting addresses from the Internet Cache of a number of poeples hard drives. NOT just the address book.
Last edited by Silver_2000; Aug 24, 2003 at 09:59 AM.
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I ran the latest McAfee and it found nothing. Unfortunately, all of the messages this thing generates with fraudulent sender addresses is causing "bounces" back to people that didn't send the message. Even worse, I've received about 500 "autoresponders" thanking me for my message!! This is the worst worm I can recall.
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And if you can't afford an anti-virus program, get AVG:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
That's what I run here.
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
That's what I run here.
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Interesting:
I must be one of the few who use AOL and Windows or something
based on what I am reading here.
I got nailed 60x or so the first day even though I had downloaded the Microsoft patch(s) and have a current Norton program. Most derived from f150online addresses.
Since the first day I have not received one single additional worm derived message. I still get porno spam/home loan spam/get your Viagra here spam but I have always gotten that garbage.
Could it be that AOL, I have version 9 which was just released, and/or Microsoft gotten a handle on this and other ISPs and/or operating systems have not?
Bill
I must be one of the few who use AOL and Windows or something
based on what I am reading here.
I got nailed 60x or so the first day even though I had downloaded the Microsoft patch(s) and have a current Norton program. Most derived from f150online addresses.
Since the first day I have not received one single additional worm derived message. I still get porno spam/home loan spam/get your Viagra here spam but I have always gotten that garbage.
Could it be that AOL, I have version 9 which was just released, and/or Microsoft gotten a handle on this and other ISPs and/or operating systems have not?
Bill
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From: Buford, GA
Originally posted by Bill Murray
Interesting:
I must be one of the few who use AOL and Windows or something
based on what I am reading here.
I got nailed 60x or so the first day even though I had downloaded the Microsoft patch(s) and have a current Norton program. Most derived from f150online addresses.
Since the first day I have not received one single additional worm derived message. I still get porno spam/home loan spam/get your Viagra here spam but I have always gotten that garbage.
Could it be that AOL, I have version 9 which was just released, and/or Microsoft gotten a handle on this and other ISPs and/or operating systems have not?
Bill
Interesting:
I must be one of the few who use AOL and Windows or something
based on what I am reading here.
I got nailed 60x or so the first day even though I had downloaded the Microsoft patch(s) and have a current Norton program. Most derived from f150online addresses.
Since the first day I have not received one single additional worm derived message. I still get porno spam/home loan spam/get your Viagra here spam but I have always gotten that garbage.
Could it be that AOL, I have version 9 which was just released, and/or Microsoft gotten a handle on this and other ISPs and/or operating systems have not?
Bill
