Virus Warning

[Kel]

I learned the hard way.
Do not post in this forum with your real email address. I
posted here on Nov. 22nd and in the last 36 hours I have
received six email attachments with the "W32.Swen.A@mm"
virus. Each time it was an .exe file attached to a
notification of undeliverable email.

To read Symantec's Security Response go here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32
(e-mail address removed)

To get the the W32.Swen.A@mm Removal Tool go here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's been well known for years now that posting/publishing a real
email address to _any_ newsgroup or web site is an open initiation to
be spammed. For years now, spammers have been using automated tools
to harvest email addresses from Usenet. What I don't understand is
why you're just now noticing the phenomenon.



Bruce Chambers

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[_ _ J]

| It's been well known for years now that ...

.... only to those who know about it.

| What I don't understand is why you're just now
| noticing the phenomenon.

.... Probably because the OP had never been spammed before!
Also, you are unaware of the OP's Internet surfing habits.
Also, this newsgroup is for "New Users"!

Jan

 

[Wislu Plethora]

-----Original Message-----
Greetings --

It's been well known for years now that posting/publishing a real
email address to _any_ newsgroup or web site is an open initiation to
be spammed. For years now, spammers have been using automated tools
to harvest email addresses from Usenet. What I don't understand is
why you're just now noticing the phenomenon.



Bruce Chambers

"...an open initiation..."??? Didn't you mean "invitation"?
What I don't understand is why you didn't notice that, you
top-posting moron.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

But how could I possibly have known that a "new user" has also
gone through life without ever reading any newspapers, magazines, or
without ever having seen a television news program?

Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[_ J]

Hello,

| newspapers, magazines

It is easy to skip or NOT notice articles/advertisements,
especially if the headline/byline does not mention
anything of interest to the reader.

Same applies to electronic news-items.

| television news program...

Sensationalist mis-information. Also find this in
newsletters from IT professionals and even in posts by
"experts" in these newsgroups.


I have never seen any news item specifically about
"posting in any forum with your real email address".

Jan

-----Original Message-----

Greetings --

But how could I possibly have known that a "new user" has
also gone through life without ever reading any
newspapers, magazines, or without ever having seen a
television news program?

Bruce Chambers

posting/publishing a real email address to _any_ newsgroup
or web site is an open initiation to be spammed.

For years now, spammers have been using automated tools
to harvest email addresses from Usenet.

What I don't understand is why you're just now noticing
the phenomenon.

 

[Box134]

Your name sounds like an effing disease. You are as welcome and useful as a
case of the clap.