Re: Outlook Express Question/Pornagraphic Spam

From: Gene K (genekRE_at_MOVEolivianc.net)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:57:38 -0400

Moondove wrote:
> Thank you so very much for all your sound advice. What was
> concerning me the most is that this is my private email, one that
> only family members know. But like you said if I put it anywhere I
> am sure they can snactch it.
>
> I do appreciate your taking the time to help.
> Pilamayaye (thank you)
> Moondove
>
>> Greetings --
>>
>> While it's not possible to completely eliminate spam (unsolicited
>> commercial email), there are some precautions and steps you can take
>> to minimize it's impact:
>>
>> 1) Never, ever post your real email address to publicly accessible
>> forums or newsgroups, such as this one. For years now, spammers have
>> been using software utilities to scan such places to harvest email
>> addresses. It's a simple matter to disguise your posted email
>> address so that these software "bots" can't obtain anything useful.
>> For example, insert some obviously bogus characters or words into
>> your reply address, for example: "name@NOSPAMisp.com."
>>
>> 2) Never, ever reply to any spam you receive, even to "unsubscribe"
>> or "remove" yourself from the spammers' address lists; you'll only
>> compound the problem. If spammers had any intention of honoring the
>> your desire not to receive spam, they wouldn't have become spammers
>> in the first place. When you reply to a spammer, all you're doing is
>> confirming that he/she has a valid, marketable email address.
>>
>> 3) Be especially leery of any offers from websites for free
>> software, services, information, etc, that require your email
>> address, or that require your email address so you can "login" to
>> access the offered service and/or information. Many such sites are
>> supplementing their income by collecting addresses to sell to the
>> spammers. (Of course, not all such sites have under-handed motives;
>> it's a judgment call. If the offer seems "too good to be true," it's
>> most likely a scam.)
>>
>> 4) DO forward any and all spam, with complete headers, to the
>> originating ISP with a complaint. Not all ISPs will make an effort
>> to shut down the spammers, but many will. One tool that makes
>> forwarding such complaints fairly simple is SpamCop
>> (http://spamcop.net).
>>
>> 4) Another useful tool is MailWasher (http://www.mailwasher.net).
>> This utility allows you to preview your email before downloading it
>> from the server. Spammers can even be blacklisted, so that any
>> future emails from them will be automatically deleted from the
>> server.
>>
>> 5) Within Outlook Express, add any spammers to your Blocked Senders
>> list, so the their messages are automatically deleted from the server
>> without being downloaded to your PC.
>>
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>> --
>> Help us help you:
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
>> having both at once. - RAH
>>
>>
>> "Moondove" <writtenparadox@excite.com> wrote in message
>> news:B9FDE47D-6067-46A6-A6D0-75C2205DD5DF@microsoft.com...
>>> yGreetings:
>>>
>>> In the last month or so I have been receiving spam that is not only
>> vulgar and disgusting, it is illegal!! No matter how many times I
>> have removed form email from their list, nothing works. I do not
>> know where these freaks get people's emails. I suppose where any
>> other spammer would. And this mail is just shy of child
>> pornagraphy. I have written to microsoft. No response.
>>> Their must be something I can do. I want to report them, because if
>> they are saying things such as "the "little girl" next door. I am
>> sure they will show pedifiles where to go to see that horror!!!!
>>> Please, help me.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> Moondove
>>> --
>>> "I am building a road along side the clouds...."
>>> Lakhota Prayer
>>>
>>>
>>> "t.cruise" wrote:
>>>
>>>> If the amount of SPAM email messages has escalated to the point
>> where it's
>>>> really bothering you: Get with your Internet Service Provider and
>> change
>>>> your email address. Then take steps to use safe email practices
>> so that you
>>>> might prevent or limit SPAM in the future, such as:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Get a free hotmail email account, and use THAT account when
>> registering
>>>> software, or any online registration where your email address is
>> required.
>>>> Lists are sold, so let those lists have your hotmail account
>> address. Don't
>>>> use your real email address when posting to news groups.
>> Addresses are
>>>> auto-harvested from these groups for SPAM.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Many of the newer viruses/worms seek email addresses from the
>> infected
>>>> PC, and harvest them, and auto-send SPAM and/or the virus/worm
>> itself. So,
>>>> if you understand how not to open unsolicited attachments, and
>> what file
>>>> attachments to never open, to avoid infection on your system, and
>> use a good
>>>> antivirus program and update your definitions frequently: If you
>> have
>>>> people in your address book who don't practice the same safe email
>> practices
>>>> that you do, when you get the hotmail email address, give those
>> people your
>>>> hotmail email address.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> T.C.
>>>> t__cruise@[NoSpam]hotmail.com
>>>> Remove [NoSpam] to reply
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Will Sutton" <sutton@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:c5bre0$2q8slu$1@ID-202516.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>>>>
>>>>> "dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>> news:e40x%23z9HEHA.1548@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> /Will Sutton/ said:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have OE and am now receiving obscene amounts of spam
>>>>>>> with Microsoft updates etc. These all have viruses but my AV
>>>>>>> program stops these but I want to stop the messages. So
>>>>>>> I have set up a filter that deletes any message with
>> Microsoft or MS
>>>>>>> in the subject . Problem is that it wont stop these messages
>> so
>>>>>>> does anyone know the problem or the solution ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If these are "Messenger" pop-ups, they can be banished by
>>>>>> enabling the XP built-in firewall (which should be done anyway).
>>>>>> See HELP &
>> SUPPORT for
>>>>>> easy instructions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If this is a program that has been inadvertently installed on
>> your PC,
>>>>>> running ADAware may enable its removal.
>> http://www.lavasoftusa.com
>>>>>> Read the instructions, download, install and run the program.
>> The basic
>>>>>> utility is free. Or try Spybot from
>> http://www.safer-networking.org/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the pop-ups are site-related - the page that is being visited
>>>>>> - then a pop-up blocker may help. http://google.com Search
>>>>>> for "ad
>> blocker".
>>>>>> Or install and use a new-generation browser that has pop-up
>> blocking,
>>>>>> such as the Mozilla suite from http://mozilla.org. Also has a
>> built-in
>>>>>> news/mail client.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It will selectively block pop-ups and images, and is much more
>>>>>> customizable than I.E. For more, check in with these groups.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.mozilla.user.general or
>>>>>> snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.mozilla.user.win32
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Should have made it clearer, these are actual emails that have
>> been faked
>>>>> and use the headings like Microsoft Security Update , MS
>> Internet Security
>>>>> Patch etc and all contain those dreaded viruses .
>>>>>
>>>>> What I cant understand is why when you put in message rules that
>> state the
>>>>> message should be deleted if the subject contains Microsoft, MS
>> etc wont
>>>>> work ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
>>>> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
>>>> Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004
The quickest way to get off the spammers list is obviously to change your
E-Mail address. Failing that, get a free little program that allows you to
review your E-mail on the ISP Server and delete it right there. The program
Name is E-Mail Remover 3.0. While most sites say it only works with Windows
versions through 2000, I have been using it on XP Home without problems. You
can get it here: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/emremover.html 

-- 
Gene K

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