Microsoft Spam

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Kieran Martin

I've been targeted by Microsoft for spam (or so it claims) I've had 2 types
of emails:
Some that say unable to deliver to sender, and have an attachment
Some that look like genuine Microsoft emails with bug repairs and patches
for September 2003 (probably errors)
Is there anyway I could stop these, I happen to have viewed the source of
the email from Outlook Express 6 and I discovered that they are not from
microsoft at all, but from other people. The pictures and links on them are
genuine, but encrypted and so are the attatchments (but I bet they aren't
genuine). How do I stop recieving these 77 emails?
Thanks in Advance,
Kieran
 
My virus software found a virus in the .exe included with the "Microsoft"
update. Also ..the email address isn't from Microsoft. Nice forgery as far
as I can tell.
 
Kieran Martin said:
I've been targeted by Microsoft for spam (or so it claims) I've had 2 types
of emails:
Some that say unable to deliver to sender, and have an attachment
Some that look like genuine Microsoft emails with bug repairs and patches
for September 2003 (probably errors)
Is there anyway I could stop these, I happen to have viewed the source of
the email from Outlook Express 6 and I discovered that they are not from
microsoft at all, but from other people. The pictures and links on them are
genuine, but encrypted and so are the attatchments (but I bet they aren't
genuine). How do I stop recieving these 77 emails?
Thanks in Advance,
Kieran
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http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020415,39116512,00.htm
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Hi Kieran

I'm no expert but have noticed since I posted a couple of
networking queries on this group, I've had dozens of the
same thing. I guess if you post an address there's not
much you can do to stop these characters to note it and
then bombard you !

I use Outlook with the preview pane disabled. I add the
item to my Blocked Senders list without opening the mail.

Oops I published my address again, so doubtless will get
a load more rom these lunatics.

Cheers

Mike
 
My virus software found a virus in the .exe included with the "Microsoft"
update. Also ..the email address isn't from Microsoft. Nice forgery as far
as I can tell.
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Yeah, I was wondering when someone would start using a really nice HTML
formatted message that really looked good. The latest ones have all the
right icons and links. Keeping to a theme like this is sought after skill
by web marketers and the like. I'm surprised that these people don't just
get a job writing this sort of copy? Then they'd have a life and wouldn't
need to keep bothering people.
 
I guess if you post an address there's not
much you can do to stop these characters to note it and
then bombard you !
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Go into your Outlook settings and put a different email in like
nospamyourname@yourisp. That works pretty good. The other thing you can
do is buy a url and set up a forwarding mail box to protect your real
address. Also, you can set up message rules that get rid of a lot of this
stuff.
 
It's not spam, it's a worm or virus. Don't open it. MS doesn't send updates
that way.
 
Then take the hint and use a fake address for newsgroups, and since you have
already broadcast your real email address to the world, change it.
 
My ISP allows me to log onto it's server thru the browser and review mail,
it's a temporary solution until this gets figured out.
 
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