Receiving a lot of MS support mails? Spam?

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Kalevi

Hi
I have receivet a pile of Microsoft Support mail messages telling about
latest security update. They just keep coming. Do toy have such a problem?

Thanks
Kalevi
 
THERE MUST BE A NEW VIRUS OUT THERE. I AM GETTING A
NUMBER OF COPIES, AND ALSO 'RETURNED MAIL'. McAFEE TELLS
ME THAT THIS IS A 'EMAIL SPOOFING' VIRUS. NO OTHER
INFORMATION. DOES ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTIONS TO BLOCK?
OUTLOOK RULES WIZARD DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK ON THIS.
 
I've read the symantec doc and am up to date on
protection; however I get 10-15 new messages every few
minutes and my ISP is telling me I'm overloading my
mailbox. Is there any way to block these, or does the
mail server have to do it?

Thanks!
 
I also have been receiving an large amount of e-mails
with virus attachments......THIS OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY
AFTER I POSTED A MESSAGE HERE WITH MY E_MAIL ADDRESS
 
Try setting a rule on your webbased mailclient of your provider to prevent
the downloading of the messages to Outlook.

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Kalevi said:
I have receivet a pile of Microsoft Support mail
messages telling about latest security update.
They just keep coming. Do toy have such a problem?
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Note first that Microsoft does not send out these types of messages unless
you very specifically request it. Instead, the vast majority of these
messages are attempts to install virus-type programs on your computer.
Therefore, your best bet is to delete these messages without delay (don't
open them or attempt to install them).

If you want to prevent these messages from downloading (large messages
take time to download), set Outlook to not download messages over a certain
size. Somewhere around 25K is a good size, since this will allow most
messages without attachments to download, but will stop most messages with
attachments. At this point, Outlook will download the message header without
the rest of the message, allowing you to see who the message is from. If you
don't want the message, simply delete it (highlight and hit X button). For
messages you want to download, right-click and select download from server.
When you're finished, hit the "send/receive" button again and Outlook will
delete the messages you don't want off the server and fully download the
messages you want. Read help menu about setting maximum download size (it's
an account option, not a filter).


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
 
Dwight Stewart said:
If you want to prevent these messages from downloading (large messages
take time to download), set Outlook to not download messages over a certain
size. (snip)
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Several people have already asked me how to do this. You can find this
setting in...

Options...
Mail Setup...
Send/Receive Button
Select All Accounts and then press Edit Button.
Download only item description for items larger...

Somewhere around 25K is a good size, since this will allow most messages
without attachments to download, but will stop most messages with
attachments. At this point, Outlook will download only the message header of
large messages, allowing you to see who the message is from. If you don't
want the message, simply delete it (select message and hit X button). For
messages you want to download, right-click and select download from server.
When you're finished, hit the "send/receive" button again and Outlook will
delete the messages you don't want off the server while fully downloading
the messages you do want.

I use this method exactly to avoid those nasty messages claiming to be
Microsoft updates and fixes (works every time). If this also works for you,
please help spread this advice around to help others.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
 
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