Re: Virus was sent to me!

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:49:57 -0500

Hi Sabrina,

Actually, or rather unfortunately, that is quite common. Plus, now that your
address has been harvested, you will likely receive a continual stream of
these annoying emails. Learn to setup filters for your email, or munge your
new address before posting to newsgroups. 

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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
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"Sabrina" <mmail22001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e7GU2ww$DHA.1844@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Beware! Someone out there sent me the virus W32.Swen.A@mm which poses as a
> Microsoft Security Update. As this is the first time I've ever used a
> newsgroup and the only group I've posted to, using a brand new email
account
> for this purpose, the virus sender must be reading from this newgroup.
> Luckily, I checked the email attachment for viruses before opening it.
> Thanks,
> Sabrina
>
>