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Earl Bross

Hi again

why have I been getting a lot of garbage mails with WORMS or VIRUSES since I
started up with downloading newsgroups. I'm glad I have a decent virus
scanner, otherwise I could kiss my system good-bye. Are there so many
malicious people out there?

Earl
 
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.

The worm is _not_ being spread from this news group, but infected
PCs and spammers _are_ harvesting email addresses from here and
thousands of other Usenet newsgroups, just as they have done for
years.

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.


Bruce Chambers

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Hi again

why have I been getting a lot of garbage mails with WORMS or VIRUSES
since I started up with downloading newsgroups. I'm glad I have a
decent virus scanner, otherwise I could kiss my system good-bye. Are
there so many malicious people out there?

Earl
Click to expand...

It not a lot pf malicous people, it a lot of stupid people that keep
opening infected e-mails. Each infected attachment that is opened sends
multiple copies of itself out. One e-mail becomes thousands within
weeks,

--

David

Programmers write "Help Files" for a reason. use them.

"Due to Viewer dicretion...
Graphic violence is advised"

http://www.HeroicStories.com/
http://www.thisistrue.com/
 
When you post on a newsgroup with a valid email address it
will be harvested by automatic scanners. Then it is sold to
spammers and virus programs also will pick it up.

Munge your email address in some manner.


| |
| > Hi again
| >
| > why have I been getting a lot of garbage mails with
WORMS or VIRUSES
| > since I started up with downloading newsgroups. I'm glad
I have a
| > decent virus scanner, otherwise I could kiss my system
good-bye. Are
| > there so many malicious people out there?
| >
| > Earl
| >
|
| It not a lot pf malicous people, it a lot of stupid people
that keep
| opening infected e-mails. Each infected attachment that is
opened sends
| multiple copies of itself out. One e-mail becomes
thousands within
| weeks,
|
| --
|
| David
|
| Programmers write "Help Files" for a reason. use them.
|
| "Due to Viewer dicretion...
| Graphic violence is advised"
|
| http://www.HeroicStories.com/
| http://www.thisistrue.com/
 
When you post on a newsgroup with a valid email address it
will be harvested by automatic scanners. Then it is sold to
spammers and virus programs also will pick it up.

Munge your email address in some manner.


| |
| > Hi again
| >
| > why have I been getting a lot of garbage mails with
WORMS or VIRUSES
| > since I started up with downloading newsgroups. I'm glad
I have a
| > decent virus scanner, otherwise I could kiss my system
good-bye. Are
| > there so many malicious people out there?
| >
| > Earl
| >
|
| It not a lot pf malicous people, it a lot of stupid people
that keep
| opening infected e-mails. Each infected attachment that is
opened sends
| multiple copies of itself out. One e-mail becomes
thousands within
| weeks,
|
| --
|
| David
|
| Programmers write "Help Files" for a reason. use them.
|
| "Due to Viewer dicretion...
| Graphic violence is advised"
|
| http://www.HeroicStories.com/
| http://www.thisistrue.com/
Click to expand...

The address I post here is a junk mail account. I don't give a damn
how much spam it gets.

--

David

Programmers write "Help Files" for a reason. use them.

"Due to Viewer dicretion...
Graphic violence is advised"

http://www.HeroicStories.com/
http://www.thisistrue.com/
 
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