Spam email

[cookiemonster[MoA]]

I just upgraded from WIN 98 SE to WIN XP PRO.Im using
outlook express 6 and ever since i switched from 98 to XP
i get over 100 spam emails and just about all of them
have .exe files attached to the emails.I just updated my
Norton vires deffernitions and now when i check my email
and i get about 60 spam emails at a clip and now most of
them are vireses attached to them.I have blocked over 100
of these email addresses and i also set alot of email
rules to block the names of the senders and i still get
these emails.I never had this problum with 98 so i would
realy like some help on this.Here are some of the titles
that the emails are.


From: Subjuct:

Admin Report

Customer Support Net Critical Update

Email Storage Service Letter

These 3 obove emails (for example) say in the body of the
email
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.



Undelivered to (e-mail address removed)


Message follows:

and this is what almost all of them say and thay all have
attachements with them

From:
Microsoft Internet Security Division
<[email protected]>

Subjust:
Latest Net Security Update

And it realy looks like it came from Microsoft in the body
of the email.

Sorry for the long post but i hope someone can help
Thanks
cookiemonster[MoA]

 

[Bill Starbuck]

Although your message implies that there may be a link between the
version of Windows and the email, I do not see how this could be.

One possibility is that you need to set the security level of your
email program higher so that it will refuse to accept any messages
that have exe attachments.

Another possibility is that you have done something to publicize your
email address. The people who are sending you this spam had to get
your address somewhere. Are you using Messenger, for example?

I can recommend that you install SpamAssassin. It is free and Consumer
Reports rated it higher than any other spam filter. However, it cannot
filter mail that you receive via email.msn.com.


Bill Starbuck (MVP)

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

It has nothing to do with Windows XP and everything to do with scumbags
writing virus's.

 

[cookiemonster[MoA]]

Thx for the reply u 2 .So does these mean that alot of
people are having this problum?

-----Original Message-----
I couldn't have said it any better myself.

--
Paul
Cleveland, Ohio

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard "

message news:[email protected]...

It has nothing to do with Windows XP and everything to do with scumbags
writing virus's.

I just upgraded from WIN 98 SE to WIN XP PRO.Im using
outlook express 6 and ever since i switched from 98 to XP
i get over 100 spam emails and just about all of them
have .exe files attached to the emails.I just updated my
Norton vires deffernitions and now when i check my email
and i get about 60 spam emails at a clip and now most of
them are vireses attached to them.I have blocked over 100
of these email addresses and i also set alot of email
rules to block the names of the senders and i still get
these emails.I never had this problum with 98 so i would
realy like some help on this.Here are some of the titles
that the emails are.


From: Subjuct:

Admin Report

Customer Support Net Critical Update

Email Storage Service Letter

These 3 obove emails (for example) say in the body of the
email
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.



Undelivered to (e-mail address removed)


Message follows:

and this is what almost all of them say and thay all have
attachements with them

From:
Microsoft Internet Security Division
<[email protected]>

Subjust:
Latest Net Security Update

And it realy looks like it came from Microsoft in the body
of the email.

Sorry for the long post but i hope someone can help
Thanks
cookiemonster[MoA]

.

 

[cookiemonster[MoA]]

I have not done anything that wouls give out my email(that
i know of).I do not use messanger but i do use ICQ and
have been for years and never had this problum.
I have been thinking about getting somekind of spam
blocker but i belong to a few email groups and im affrade
that the spam blocker will stop them from comming in as
well.
Thx for the reply and anyother help would be great

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

I know of no one who is NOT having this problem. If they do not have the
problem, they are not on the internet.

Thx for the reply u 2 .So does these mean that alot of
people are having this problum?

-----Original Message-----
I couldn't have said it any better myself.

--
Paul
Cleveland, Ohio

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard "

message news:[email protected]...

It has nothing to do with Windows XP and everything to do with scumbags
writing virus's.

I just upgraded from WIN 98 SE to WIN XP PRO.Im using
outlook express 6 and ever since i switched from 98 to XP
i get over 100 spam emails and just about all of them
have .exe files attached to the emails.I just updated my
Norton vires deffernitions and now when i check my email
and i get about 60 spam emails at a clip and now most of
them are vireses attached to them.I have blocked over 100
of these email addresses and i also set alot of email
rules to block the names of the senders and i still get
these emails.I never had this problum with 98 so i would
realy like some help on this.Here are some of the titles
that the emails are.


From: Subjuct:

Admin Report

Customer Support Net Critical Update

Email Storage Service Letter

These 3 obove emails (for example) say in the body of the
email
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.



Undelivered to (e-mail address removed)


Message follows:

and this is what almost all of them say and thay all have
attachements with them

From:
Microsoft Internet Security Division
<[email protected]>

Subjust:
Latest Net Security Update

And it realy looks like it came from Microsoft in the body
of the email.

Sorry for the long post but i hope someone can help
Thanks
cookiemonster[MoA]

.

 

[Rick Merrill]

I have not done anything that wouls give out my email(that
i know of).I do not use messanger but i do use ICQ

There's your answer. NEW virus/worms now access the ICQ
ports (and probably the info too).

 

[cookiemonster[MoA]]

LOL

-----Original Message-----
I know of no one who is NOT having this problem. If they do not have the
problem, they are not on the internet.

Thx for the reply u 2 .So does these mean that alot of
people are having this problum?

-----Original Message-----
I couldn't have said it any better myself.

--
Paul
Cleveland, Ohio

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard "

message It has nothing to do with Windows XP and everything

to
do with scumbags

writing virus's.

I just upgraded from WIN 98 SE to WIN XP PRO.Im using
outlook express 6 and ever since i switched from 98 to XP
i get over 100 spam emails and just about all of them
have .exe files attached to the emails.I just

updated
my

Norton vires deffernitions and now when i check my email
and i get about 60 spam emails at a clip and now

most
of

them are vireses attached to them.I have blocked

over
100

of these email addresses and i also set alot of email
rules to block the names of the senders and i still get
these emails.I never had this problum with 98 so i would
realy like some help on this.Here are some of the titles
that the emails are.


From: Subjuct:

Admin Report

Customer Support Net Critical Update

Email Storage Service Letter

These 3 obove emails (for example) say in the body

of
the

email
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.



Undelivered to (e-mail address removed)


Message follows:

and this is what almost all of them say and thay

all
have

attachements with them

From:
Microsoft Internet Security Division
<[email protected]>

Subjust:
Latest Net Security Update

And it realy looks like it came from Microsoft in

the
body

of the email.

Sorry for the long post but i hope someone can help
Thanks
cookiemonster[MoA]





.

.

 

[cookiemonster[MoA]]

Is there a way i can stop that from icq?

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


There's your answer. NEW virus/worms now access the ICQ
ports (and probably the info too).



.

 

[Paul]

I couldn't have said it any better myself.

--
Paul
Cleveland, Ohio

It has nothing to do with Windows XP and everything to do with scumbags
writing virus's.

I just upgraded from WIN 98 SE to WIN XP PRO.Im using
outlook express 6 and ever since i switched from 98 to XP
i get over 100 spam emails and just about all of them
have .exe files attached to the emails.I just updated my
Norton vires deffernitions and now when i check my email
and i get about 60 spam emails at a clip and now most of
them are vireses attached to them.I have blocked over 100
of these email addresses and i also set alot of email
rules to block the names of the senders and i still get
these emails.I never had this problum with 98 so i would
realy like some help on this.Here are some of the titles
that the emails are.


From: Subjuct:

Admin Report

Customer Support Net Critical Update

Email Storage Service Letter

These 3 obove emails (for example) say in the body of the
email
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.



Undelivered to (e-mail address removed)


Message follows:

and this is what almost all of them say and thay all have
attachements with them

From:
Microsoft Internet Security Division
<[email protected]>

Subjust:
Latest Net Security Update

And it realy looks like it came from Microsoft in the body
of the email.

Sorry for the long post but i hope someone can help
Thanks
cookiemonster[MoA]

 

[Malvern]

You can do the opposite of what you've already done with Message Rules.
Copy down on paper or in a Notepad document the senders and subject lines
you want to get AS SEEN in the From and/or Subject columns. Then create a
rule for each, list, then select Options (bottom button above Cancel) and
select the second item or "...does not contain ... below". Then set it to
delete the unspecified mail from the server. I am back to receiving my
pre-spam mail now.

Malv

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I have not done anything that wouls give out my email(that
i know of).I do not use messanger but i do use ICQ and
have been for years and never had this problum.
I have been thinking about getting somekind of spam
blocker but i belong to a few email groups and im affrade
that the spam blocker will stop them from comming in as
well.
Thx for the reply and anyother help would be great

If you have your true email address in these newsgroup messages, then you
are broadcasting this information to the world.
--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What you received is either a very common malicious hoax or the
output of a computer infected by one of several wide-spread, mass
emailing worms. The most widely-known are:

W32.Swen.A_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Dumaru_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Gibe_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

Microsoft never has, does not currently, and 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

Any and all legitimate patches and updates are readily available
at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/. (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.

There's probably no way of blocking all of the bogus messages, but
you can greatly reduce the number you get by creating a rule, based
upon the most commonly used subject lines, to delete the emails from
the server without ever downloading them.


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

I just upgraded from WIN 98 SE to WIN XP PRO.Im using
outlook express 6 and ever since i switched from 98 to XP
i get over 100 spam emails and just about all of them
have .exe files attached to the emails.I just updated my
Norton vires deffernitions and now when i check my email
and i get about 60 spam emails at a clip and now most of
them are vireses attached to them.I have blocked over 100
of these email addresses and i also set alot of email
rules to block the names of the senders and i still get
these emails.I never had this problum with 98 so i would
realy like some help on this.Here are some of the titles
that the emails are.


From: Subjuct:

Admin Report

Customer Support Net Critical Update

Email Storage Service Letter

These 3 obove emails (for example) say in the body of the
email
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.



Undelivered to (e-mail address removed)


Message follows:

and this is what almost all of them say and thay all have
attachements with them

From:
Microsoft Internet Security Division
<[email protected]>

Subjust:
Latest Net Security Update

And it realy looks like it came from Microsoft in the body
of the email.

Sorry for the long post but i hope someone can help
Thanks
cookiemonster[MoA]

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Not quite accurate. ;-} I've never posted my real email address
in Usenet, so I'm not getting any of these false patch offers. ISP is
blocking them, as well, so I'm not getting any as a result of others'
PCs being infected.

On the other hand, at work I get them, because I made the mistake
of subscribing to CNN News alerts using a real email address.

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

I know of no one who is NOT having this problem. If they do not have the
problem, they are not on the internet.

Thx for the reply u 2 .So does these mean that alot of
people are having this problum?

-----Original Message-----
I couldn't have said it any better myself.

--
Paul
Cleveland, Ohio

"Crusty (-: Old B@stard "

message It has nothing to do with Windows XP and everything to do with scumbags
writing virus's.

I just upgraded from WIN 98 SE to WIN XP PRO.Im using
outlook express 6 and ever since i switched from 98 to XP
i get over 100 spam emails and just about all of them
have .exe files attached to the emails.I just updated my
Norton vires deffernitions and now when i check my email
and i get about 60 spam emails at a clip and now most of
them are vireses attached to them.I have blocked over 100
of these email addresses and i also set alot of email
rules to block the names of the senders and i still get
these emails.I never had this problum with 98 so i would
realy like some help on this.Here are some of the titles
that the emails are.


From: Subjuct:

Admin Report

Customer Support Net Critical Update

Email Storage Service Letter

These 3 obove emails (for example) say in the body of the
email
I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.



Undelivered to (e-mail address removed)


Message follows:

and this is what almost all of them say and thay all have
attachements with them

From:
Microsoft Internet Security Division
<[email protected]>

Subjust:
Latest Net Security Update

And it realy looks like it came from Microsoft in the body
of the email.

Sorry for the long post but i hope someone can help
Thanks
cookiemonster[MoA]





.

 

[tamerlane]

Yes, cookiemonster, XP has indirectly led to the spam attack by connecting
you with a newsgroup via your "Help and Support" screen. But not in any
other way.
As Maureen says, hide your email. It can be disguised from the harvesting
machine that is used by inserting a word in all caps that humans will know
to omit (assuming you trust humans).
For instance, a word like "NOSPAM."