Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I have Norton and personal Firewall, but I get a lot of these things and now it really burns when I pee. Any advice (off list) very welcome. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Flash -- and a Virus update > I use Norton's virus scan, keep it running in background, and last updated > it a couple days ago....so I hope it's not me... > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin > Franklin > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:43 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Flash -- and a Virus update > > > B.D., > > Yeah, me too. Someone obviously has a virus...and it's probably not you, > though you should update what you've got for virus scanners (you DO have a > virus scanner, don't you?), and run a scan on your system. I get a lot of > these these days...it's, I believe, when on someone's machine, simply reads > their email addresses, and send out junk to all of them. I don't believe > the attachments will do any damage, they ARE legitimate bounced mail, just > not really from you! > > Austin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:41 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Flash -- and a Virus update > > > > > > I find myself inundated with what appear to be bounced Emails - > > but they are > > Emails supposedly sent to addresses I know nothing about. All come with > > attachments, as bounced Emails do, and obviously I'm deleting them as soon > > as they come in. But whoever has come up with this virus delivery scam is > > quite clever, for while some people may not be stupid enough to open the > > attachment, people will not want to set up filters to automatically delete > > 'returned mail' messages, as some are legit. > > > > Bastards! > > > > B. D. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html