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quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm?
(heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) Dawn |
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Dawn Lawson wrote:
quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm? (heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) Dawn /raises hand -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Dawn Lawson wrote:
quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm? (heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) Nope, I use Linux-based applications on my machine, with no Microsoft anywhere. It is so nice to not have to worry about viruses, but even when I used MS I always had virus protection software running. Emily |
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Sue wrote: Lots and lots of people are dealing with this. All the newsgroups that I participate in have the same problem. I made up a rule that says to dump any mail that comes with an attachment to delete it. There is a patch on the microsoft web page that corrects this, but tis too late now, but perhaps will help with other worms. It's a PITA. I had over 400 emails this weekend from this stupid worm. I'll be glad when they get their jollies over. Trouble is, afaik, that someone is infected, and is unknowingly sending these messages, so until the infected party(s) clean up their computer, I don't think it will stop. Will it? |
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Emily Roysdon wrote: Dawn Lawson wrote: quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm? (heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) Nope, I use Linux-based applications on my machine, with no Microsoft anywhere. It is so nice to not have to worry about viruses, but even when I used MS I always had virus protection software running. AFAIK, it's using someone's email addres book to send the spam. It's got nada to do wtih Microsoft at the receiveing end, if I understand it properly... dawn, willing to stand corrected |
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Molly Fisher wrote:
In article , Emily Roysdon wrote: Dawn Lawson wrote: quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm? (heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) Nope, I use Linux-based applications on my machine, with no Microsoft anywhere. It is so nice to not have to worry about viruses, but even when I used MS I always had virus protection software running. Your munged email address is to thank for your email being free of this nuisance. I've only got Macintoshes and I'm getting tons of the Swen (or whatever) worm messages. Oh yeah, that's why I'm not getting the emails from other people. I misread Dawn's post to mean, are people dealing with *having* the virus. Emily, who shouldn't reply to posts with a feverish kid in her lap :-P |
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Dawn Lawson wrote:
Emily Roysdon wrote: Dawn Lawson wrote: quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm? (heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) Nope, I use Linux-based applications on my machine, with no Microsoft anywhere. It is so nice to not have to worry about viruses, but even when I used MS I always had virus protection software running. AFAIK, it's using someone's email addres book to send the spam. It's got nada to do wtih Microsoft at the receiveing end, if I understand it properly... dawn, willing to stand corrected Ah, I misunderstood what you wrote. I thought you were asking about people who are having to deal with the virus itself, not the resultant emails. I've only seen one email with it so far, just a bit ago, on a list I'm on, and the list doesn't allow attachments so the virus didn't come through. Emily |
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"Dawn Lawson" wrote in message
... quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm? (heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) I'm getting between 200-300 copies per day. I'd love to be able to shut them off from my mailservers, but can't configure the filters to pinpoint just these. *So* obnoxious. I'm getting them from three different accounts. Yuck. Jan -- Mum to Stephen, 22 May 2000 and Strychnine, EDD 29 September 2003 My personal page: http://www.sleepingbaby.net/jan/ Baby-related crafts: http://www.sleepingbaby.net/jan/Baby/crafts.html |
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Jan Andrea wrote:
Dawn Lawson wrote: quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm? (heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) I'm getting between 200-300 copies per day. I'd love to be able to shut them off from my mailservers, but can't configure the filters to pinpoint just these. *So* obnoxious. I'm getting them from three different accounts. Yuck. Mung up your email address and download the free version of Mailwasher. Then use their filters. I also created a new email address but that might not be necessary. -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare." ~ Harriet Martineau |
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Lots and lots of people are dealing with this. All the newsgroups that I
participate in have the same problem. I made up a rule that says to dump any mail that comes with an attachment to delete it. There is a patch on the microsoft web page that corrects this, but tis too late now, but perhaps will help with other worms. It's a PITA. I had over 400 emails this weekend from this stupid worm. I'll be glad when they get their jollies over. -- Sue mom to three girls Dawn Lawson wrote in message ... quick poll.... are there tons of people here fighting off the MS worm? (heaps of crap wiht attachments saying they are the latest critical patch) Dawn |
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