Set your mail client to download only headers, turn the
preview pane off, use your brain to select and delete the
obviously bad stuff before you download the virus laden
emails. You can recognize them by the words and the size.
| I am using Eudora email. I can't do this with Eudora.
What to do?
| Claire
message
| | > Greetings --
| >
| > In Outlook Express, click Tools > Message Rules >
News > New.
| > Select "Where the Subject line contains specific words"
and "Delete
| > it." For the specific words, copy the subjects, or key
words there
| > from, of the spams.
| >
| > 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
| >
| >
| > | > > Bruce,
| > > How do you create a rule?
| > > Claire
| > >
| > >
in message
| > > | > > > Greetings --
| > > >
| > > > No, you're not supposed to install any of them,
although the
| > > > writer of that particular virus is counting on your
being stupid
| > > > enough to do so.
| > > >
| > > > 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/swdi
| > > st.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
| > > >
| > > >
message
| > > > | > > > > the patch
| > > > > am I suppose to use each and every patch that is
sent to
| > > > > me?
| > > > > and after i open the message and it allows me to
download
| > > > > then what
| > > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
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