BEWARE--Someone is getting e-mail addr. from this forum to add to SPAM list

Hi Loraine

As someone mentioned earlier......change your e-mail address and when you
are setting up the account and it asks for your e-mail address, do not use
your actual address.

Bob
"Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:068901c38b8a$a8306f00$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> Scott,
> Thanks for the info. This helps me to understand some of
> what is going on. How do I get off the list (wherever it
> is being generated). I am so tired of all these e-mails.
> Will I keep getting these e-mails, or will it drop off.
> Loraine
> > -----Original Message-----
> > > "Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> > news:047a01c38b7b$d8cd7e50$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > > My e-mail box has been bombarded with Virus loaded e-
> mails
> > > since I first used this forum a couple of months ago. I
> > > suspected that someone took my e-mail address and added
> it
> > > to their spam list.
> > > > > So this morning, I created a new e-mail user and address
> > > (loraine), posted to this forum, and an hour later
> > > received the BOGUS MICROSOFT SECURITY bulletin that has
> > > the SWEN virus attached at my new e-mail address.
> > > > > NO ONE else had this e-mail address. And I have 4 other
> e-
> > > mail accounts with my ISP that I have NOT used on this
> > > forum and they have not received the Bogus e-mails. So,
> > > this forum, is where this person/group is picking up e-
> > > mails and adding them to the SPAM list to send out one
> of
> > > the latest virus threats.
> > > Beware--Do not give out your e-mail address on these
> > > newsgroups.
> > > Loraine
> > > There is no person or group doing this. Swen.A is a worm
> designed to read
> > addresses from selected news servers. Anyone that gets
> infected with Swen.A
> > adds to the problem, particularly if a broadband
> connection is available.
> > Swen.A also uses the more traditional vectors of address
> books and open
> > fileshares.
> > > Although garden-variety spammers have harvested addresses
> from Usenet for
> > years, this is the first time I'm aware of that a
> virus/worm/etc has done
> > this.
> > > Once enough ppl were infected, the traffic generated by
> infected computers
> > had the effect of a distributed denial-of-service
> attack. Some news admins
> > had to configure their servers to use a port other than
> 119 for NNTP to
> > block Swen.A traffic. Others had to assign usernames and
> passwords for
> > their users.
> > > I read about the details over in news.admin.net-
> abuse.usenet. More than one
> > news admin wasn't happy that the antivirus community had
> reverse-engineered
> > Swen.A, knew what it did, but apparently made no effort
> to contact the
> > admins of the targeted news servers. It appears news
> admins contacted each
> > other, once they realized what was happening.
> > > It appears that Microsoft's solution was to expire all
> messages earlier than
> > September, which cut down the number of addresses that
> could be harvested,
> > which reduced wasted bandwidth, which at least makes it
> where I can connect
> > to the server and download messages again, which I have
> been unable to do
> > for the last few weeks. Judging from the lack of new
> messages, I'm not the
> > only one that had difficulties accessing
> msnews.microsoft.com. Even the web
> > interface had trouble displaying messages.
> > > This is just the beginning. Now that one person has
> written a worm that
> > does this, I'm sure others will follow. I wouldn't be
> surprised if news
> > admins have to begin weekly port rotation, or a weekly
> username/password, in
> > order to block future worms that operate like this.
> > > --
> > Scott Tyler
> > agent_scotty-at-hotmail-dot-com
> > > > .

p.s., you are still posting your un-munged email address. Each posting
increases the possibility of getting crap in the email.

Now, can we get off this off-topic and get back to Money? My offer still
stands that I'll go looking in the archive for your posts that went
un-replied to see why you didn't get the satisfaction you were seeking.

You are using the Microsoft web exposure of the NG, then? While I agree that
Microsoft could make clearer the relationship of the web exposure to the
Dodge City that is Usenet, I would also tell you that ANYTIME, ANYPLACE you
post an email address on the Web it is likely to be picked up by one form or
another of spammer.

What's the point of putting the email address field? Because you can't post
to Usenet without an email address, real or fake.

Microsoft could have warned you? I think they did the first time you ever
posted anything to anywhere on the Web from IE. You do use IE?

I'm still not sure I'm with your premise that you should be warned, a
priori, of every risk out there in life. The requirement for due diligence
is always yours. You are counting on "the experts" to do more than they
possibly can. Pershaps you should have consulted just one expert as to what
can happen when you post an email address anywhere on the Internet?

I work in engineering 50 hours per week. I didn't put you down. You came
here with a very naive view of who owed you what. The world doesn't work
that way. Sorry if you take this as a putdown.

"Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:11d801c38bf2$d3060740$a301280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> This is MICROSOFT ... M I C R O S O F T... That means it
> would not have been difficult to write a program/command/
> macro..whatevever.. to have a warning pop up when you
> entered your e-mail address. And if no one is putting
> their e-mail address out there anyway, what is the point
> of the e-mail field??? Get rid of it or do not require it.
> I tried to leave my address out and there was a warning
> about THAT.
> I work in education 50 hours per week. Although I am very
> computer literate, I am not a person who uses Newsgroups-I
> do not have the time. So, how was I to know that my
> address would be stolen like it was. I count on the
> experts to take care of things like this. And usually they
> do. Usually, there are not smart alecs out there, berating
> the people who do are not NEWSGROUPS EXPERTS, because they
> they didn't know something. You can express an opinion
> without putting people down. Loraine

Dick,
This is MICROSOFT ... M I C R O S O F T... That means it
would not have been difficult to write a program/command/
macro..whatevever.. to have a warning pop up when you
entered your e-mail address. And if no one is putting
their e-mail address out there anyway, what is the point
of the e-mail field??? Get rid of it or do not require it.
I tried to leave my address out and there was a warning
about THAT.

I work in education 50 hours per week. Although I am very
computer literate, I am not a person who uses Newsgroups-I
do not have the time. So, how was I to know that my
address would be stolen like it was. I count on the
experts to take care of things like this. And usually they
do. Usually, there are not smart alecs out there, berating
the people who do are not NEWSGROUPS EXPERTS, because they
they didn't know something. You can express an opinion
without putting people down. Loraine


- quote -

> -----Original Message-----
> And who were you expecting to explain the Internet and
the Meaning of Life
> to you? The tooth fairy??? Should I have just sent you an
email warning you?
> Maybe the webmaster of the Internet should have given you
a call?
> "Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:082801c38b80$2f7e31a0$a101280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > If this is OLD news, then why was I not informed before
> > giving out my e-mail address to this forum? Should there
> > not have been a warning or something when I entered my
> > address. I have contacted Microsoft and my ISP and when
> > they responded, THEY were not aware of this problem--(or
> > they didn't inform me). I have been given every excuse
in
> > the book to why I am receiving so many of these virus
> > loaded e-mails. I only figured out this morning where it
> > was coming from. Someone needs to warn people about
this.
> > > If everyone is out there to help, why did no one tell me
> > this before now? Telling me this is OLD NEWS, does not
> > help anyone.
> .

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 13:57:55 -0700, "Loraine"
<loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:

- quote -

> SO...How do I get my name off of their SPAM list???
> I am really tired of the 10-15 virus e-mails I am
> receiving each day. This is not just ordinary junk mail,
> but e-mail that keeps my Norton very busy. Loraine
Change your email address and never post it to a public forum again.

Not even a moderated one which this is not.

This will not be 100% effective. You will also have to obfuscate the
normal headers that are attached to any email or usenet posting.

This also will not be 100% effective. Did you know that hundreds of
systems (with extremely varying degrees of security) will see any
email you send or net surfing you do. Harvesters will try repeatedly
to obtain your address from them.

By the way, when you change your email address, don't choose something
"reasonable" like loraine[at]isp.net since there are spambots that
deliberately attempt to send email to every "probable" name at a
domain.

You might have better luck using an ISP that has some kind of spam
filtering before you download the messages (email or usenet). Just to
make you day complete, I would love to receive only 10-15 spams a day.
I currently receive hundreds and will probably change my email address
soon just for the short respite.


<<Remove the del for email>

On "Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:

- quote -

> Thanks for the info. This helps me to understand some of
> what is going on. How do I get off the list (wherever it
> is being generated). I am so tired of all these e-mails.
> Will I keep getting these e-mails, or will it drop off.
When will you stop getting this e-mail? About when hell

freezes over, McClintock endorses Grey Davis,
and the Red Sox win the world series.



------------ To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from
my e-mail address.


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On "Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:

- quote -

> SO...How do I get my name off of their SPAM list???
I've only found one sure way. Discard the old e-mail

address and get a new one.

The last thing you want to do is tell spammers to
remove your name, that just tells them it is
a good e-mail addess and elevates you to the
next level.....and you get more spam.

The other option.....do what California did and
make spam illegal.


------------ To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from
my e-mail address.


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http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----

On "Bob Peel, MVP" <Bob_Peel[at]kiandra.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

- quote -

> Loraine, this is old old news. The spammers have been using sweeper software
> across all Usenet Newsgroups - not just this one for something like a month.
> The sweeper software looks for anything that looks like an email address and
> adds it to it's try list.
More like many years.

------------ To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from
my e-mail address.


-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----

On "Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:

- quote -

> If this is OLD news, then why was I not informed before
> giving out my e-mail address to this forum? Should there
> not have been a warning or something when I entered my
> address.
It's one of those things you learn from experience.

I've had many ISPs over the years, none warned me
about this.

On the other hand though, if you listen to Kim Komando
she does warn her listerners about this.

------------ To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from
my e-mail address.


-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----

- quote -

> Re: BEWARE--Someone is getting e-mail addr. from this forum to add to SPAM list
That has been going on for many years. That is why people

do like I do and mudge their e-mail address.

Spammers have bots that search the archives looking for
e-mail addresses.









------------ To send me e-mail exorcise NO Spam from
my e-mail address.


-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----

"Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:068901c38b8a$a8306f00$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> Scott,
> Thanks for the info. This helps me to understand some of
> what is going on. How do I get off the list (wherever it
> is being generated). I am so tired of all these e-mails.
> Will I keep getting these e-mails, or will it drop off.
> Loraine

The first thing to do is "munge" your email address. Look at the posts of
others that post regularly, and you will see different ways of doing this.

In my case, I replaced "[at]" and "." with "-at-" and "-dot-". Others put
"NOSPAM" or something similar in the domain. Some ppl even go so far as to
use profanities when munging their email address.

Be sure to munge your address in both your newsreader settings and your
signature.

The only "list" that exists is the one in the Swen.A dat file, which targets
this news server, along with dozens of others. The worm itself just
connects to a server, tries to grab the "sent by" and "reply to" addresses
for each post, then moves on to the next server. The speed/duration of the
internet connection of the infected computer determines how much damage can
be done. There is no centralized "list" of all the ppl whose inboxes are
getting flooded with this junk.

As long as there are infected computers, they will keep pulling addresses
off the targeted groups and flooding them. Only way to limit the damage
right now is to munge your email address.

I just went to microsoft.test, made a test post, test cancel, reset and
reloaded the ng, and from that it appears that this server doesn't support
cancels. Many servers don't, as it's too easy to "forge-cancel" other ppl's
messages.

If cancels were allowed, you could search for your past posts, cancel them,
then use a munged address for future posts.

It also appears I was optimistic in believing that all older articles were
expired: The first time I loaded microsoft.test I got 2300 articles, the
second time I got over 30000, and the last time I got less than 500. Either
I have issues with my database (possible) or msnews.microsoft.com is acting
very weird (more likely, based on the 2+ years I've been here) If all those
articles are really still there, the flood of junk is likely to continue,
especially for those that have posted for years.

The flood does seem to be subsiding, presumably because ppl are getting
their computers cleaned up, or because they're being disconnected by their
ISPs for excessive bandwidth usage.

I'm sorry there aren't any better options. As someone posted on
news.admin.net-abuse.usenet, a lot of ppl would probably like some time
alone in a locked room, with a baseball bat, with the person that wrote
Swen.A...

--
Scott Tyler
agent_scotty-at-hotmail-dot-com

And who were you expecting to explain the Internet and the Meaning of Life
to you? The tooth fairy??? Should I have just sent you an email warning you?
Maybe the webmaster of the Internet should have given you a call?

"Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:082801c38b80$2f7e31a0$a101280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> If this is OLD news, then why was I not informed before
> giving out my e-mail address to this forum? Should there
> not have been a warning or something when I entered my
> address. I have contacted Microsoft and my ISP and when
> they responded, THEY were not aware of this problem--(or
> they didn't inform me). I have been given every excuse in
> the book to why I am receiving so many of these virus
> loaded e-mails. I only figured out this morning where it
> was coming from. Someone needs to warn people about this.
> If everyone is out there to help, why did no one tell me
> this before now? Telling me this is OLD NEWS, does not
> help anyone.

"They" is thousands of computers scattered from hither to yon many of whose
owners don't even know they are sending all of this stuff out. Send "Them"
an email asking them to remove you from their list?

"Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:154c01c38b83$59466c70$a001280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> SO...How do I get my name off of their SPAM list???
> I am really tired of the 10-15 virus e-mails I am
> receiving each day. This is not just ordinary junk mail,
> but e-mail that keeps my Norton very busy. Loraine

Scott,
Thanks for the info. This helps me to understand some of
what is going on. How do I get off the list (wherever it
is being generated). I am so tired of all these e-mails.
Will I keep getting these e-mails, or will it drop off.
Loraine

- quote -

> -----Original Message-----
> "Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:047a01c38b7b$d8cd7e50$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > My e-mail box has been bombarded with Virus loaded e-
mails
> > since I first used this forum a couple of months ago. I
> > suspected that someone took my e-mail address and added
it
> > to their spam list.
> > > So this morning, I created a new e-mail user and address
> > (loraine), posted to this forum, and an hour later
> > received the BOGUS MICROSOFT SECURITY bulletin that has
> > the SWEN virus attached at my new e-mail address.
> > > NO ONE else had this e-mail address. And I have 4 other
e-
> > mail accounts with my ISP that I have NOT used on this
> > forum and they have not received the Bogus e-mails. So,
> > this forum, is where this person/group is picking up e-
> > mails and adding them to the SPAM list to send out one
of
> > the latest virus threats.
> > Beware--Do not give out your e-mail address on these
> > newsgroups.
> > Loraine
> There is no person or group doing this. Swen.A is a worm
designed to read
> addresses from selected news servers. Anyone that gets
infected with Swen.A
> adds to the problem, particularly if a broadband
connection is available.
> Swen.A also uses the more traditional vectors of address
books and open
> fileshares.
> Although garden-variety spammers have harvested addresses
from Usenet for
> years, this is the first time I'm aware of that a
virus/worm/etc has done
> this.
> Once enough ppl were infected, the traffic generated by
infected computers
> had the effect of a distributed denial-of-service
attack. Some news admins
> had to configure their servers to use a port other than
119 for NNTP to
> block Swen.A traffic. Others had to assign usernames and
passwords for
> their users.
> I read about the details over in news.admin.net-
abuse.usenet. More than one
> news admin wasn't happy that the antivirus community had
reverse-engineered
> Swen.A, knew what it did, but apparently made no effort
to contact the
> admins of the targeted news servers. It appears news
admins contacted each
> other, once they realized what was happening.
> It appears that Microsoft's solution was to expire all
messages earlier than
> September, which cut down the number of addresses that
could be harvested,
> which reduced wasted bandwidth, which at least makes it
where I can connect
> to the server and download messages again, which I have
been unable to do
> for the last few weeks. Judging from the lack of new
messages, I'm not the
> only one that had difficulties accessing
msnews.microsoft.com. Even the web
> interface had trouble displaying messages.
> This is just the beginning. Now that one person has
written a worm that
> does this, I'm sure others will follow. I wouldn't be
surprised if news
> admins have to begin weekly port rotation, or a weekly
username/password, in
> order to block future worms that operate like this.
> --
> Scott Tyler
> agent_scotty-at-hotmail-dot-com
> .

In microsoft.public.money, Loraine wrote:

- quote -

> SO...How do I get my name off of their SPAM list???
> I am really tired of the 10-15 virus e-mails I am
> receiving each day. This is not just ordinary junk mail,
> but e-mail that keeps my Norton very busy. Loraine

Change your email address.

Lobby congress. Yes, spammers should be incarcerated, but your
congress critters don't think so.

"Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:154c01c38b83$59466c70$a001280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> SO...How do I get my name off of their SPAM list???
> I am really tired of the 10-15 virus e-mails I am
> receiving each day. This is not just ordinary junk mail,
> but e-mail that keeps my Norton very busy. Loraine

There's nothing you can do. If there are 100 infected computers with
broadband connections out there, they are going to keep grabbing addresses
from this news server (as well as the other news servers targeted in
Swen.A's dat file) and keep sending these emails.

Only way to stop this is for the infected computers to be cleaned (or at
least disconnected from the internet), or for Microsoft (and other news
admins whose servers are targeted by Swen.A) to block port 119, or block
anonymous access. Either of those solutions means that Microsoft would have
to post instructions for everyone to adjust their newsreader to use a
different port, or to use a username and password.

It sucks, but that's the way it is.

--
Scott Tyler
agent_scotty-at-hotmail-dot-com

"Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:047a01c38b7b$d8cd7e50$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> My e-mail box has been bombarded with Virus loaded e-mails
> since I first used this forum a couple of months ago. I
> suspected that someone took my e-mail address and added it
> to their spam list.
> So this morning, I created a new e-mail user and address
> (loraine), posted to this forum, and an hour later
> received the BOGUS MICROSOFT SECURITY bulletin that has
> the SWEN virus attached at my new e-mail address.
> NO ONE else had this e-mail address. And I have 4 other e-
> mail accounts with my ISP that I have NOT used on this
> forum and they have not received the Bogus e-mails. So,
> this forum, is where this person/group is picking up e-
> mails and adding them to the SPAM list to send out one of
> the latest virus threats.
> Beware--Do not give out your e-mail address on these
> newsgroups.
> Loraine

There is no person or group doing this. Swen.A is a worm designed to read
addresses from selected news servers. Anyone that gets infected with Swen.A
adds to the problem, particularly if a broadband connection is available.
Swen.A also uses the more traditional vectors of address books and open
fileshares.

Although garden-variety spammers have harvested addresses from Usenet for
years, this is the first time I'm aware of that a virus/worm/etc has done
this.

Once enough ppl were infected, the traffic generated by infected computers
had the effect of a distributed denial-of-service attack. Some news admins
had to configure their servers to use a port other than 119 for NNTP to
block Swen.A traffic. Others had to assign usernames and passwords for
their users.

I read about the details over in news.admin.net-abuse.usenet. More than one
news admin wasn't happy that the antivirus community had reverse-engineered
Swen.A, knew what it did, but apparently made no effort to contact the
admins of the targeted news servers. It appears news admins contacted each
other, once they realized what was happening.

It appears that Microsoft's solution was to expire all messages earlier than
September, which cut down the number of addresses that could be harvested,
which reduced wasted bandwidth, which at least makes it where I can connect
to the server and download messages again, which I have been unable to do
for the last few weeks. Judging from the lack of new messages, I'm not the
only one that had difficulties accessing msnews.microsoft.com. Even the web
interface had trouble displaying messages.

This is just the beginning. Now that one person has written a worm that
does this, I'm sure others will follow. I wouldn't be surprised if news
admins have to begin weekly port rotation, or a weekly username/password, in
order to block future worms that operate like this.

--
Scott Tyler
agent_scotty-at-hotmail-dot-com

SO...How do I get my name off of their SPAM list???

I am really tired of the 10-15 virus e-mails I am
receiving each day. This is not just ordinary junk mail,
but e-mail that keeps my Norton very busy. Loraine

- quote -

> -----Original Message-----
> Loraine, this is old old news. The spammers have been
using sweeper software
> across all Usenet Newsgroups - not just this one for
something like a month.
> The sweeper software looks for anything that looks like
an email address and
> adds it to it's try list.
> --
> Regards
> Bob Peel,
> Microsoft MVP - Money
> Hints/Tips
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=fh;EN-GB;mny
> UK Wishes/Suggestions
> mnyukwsh[at]microsoft.com
> "Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:047a01c38b7b$d8cd7e50$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > My e-mail box has been bombarded with Virus loaded e-
mails
> > since I first used this forum a couple of months ago. I
> > suspected that someone took my e-mail address and added
it
> > to their spam list.
> > > So this morning, I created a new e-mail user and address
> > (loraine), posted to this forum, and an hour later
> > received the BOGUS MICROSOFT SECURITY bulletin that has
> > the SWEN virus attached at my new e-mail address.
> > > NO ONE else had this e-mail address. And I have 4 other
e-
> > mail accounts with my ISP that I have NOT used on this
> > forum and they have not received the Bogus e-mails. So,
> > this forum, is where this person/group is picking up e-
> > mails and adding them to the SPAM list to send out one
of
> > the latest virus threats.
> > Beware--Do not give out your e-mail address on these
> > newsgroups.
> > Loraine
> .

If this is OLD news, then why was I not informed before
giving out my e-mail address to this forum? Should there
not have been a warning or something when I entered my
address. I have contacted Microsoft and my ISP and when
they responded, THEY were not aware of this problem--(or
they didn't inform me). I have been given every excuse in
the book to why I am receiving so many of these virus
loaded e-mails. I only figured out this morning where it
was coming from. Someone needs to warn people about this.

If everyone is out there to help, why did no one tell me
this before now? Telling me this is OLD NEWS, does not
help anyone.
Loraine



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> -----Original Message-----
> This is not a newsflash here. It's certainly not a
newsflash to anybody who
> has posted to any Usenet newsgroups with a valid email
address anytime
> recently.
> Speaking of off-topic.
> "Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:047a01c38b7b$d8cd7e50$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > My e-mail box has been bombarded with Virus loaded e-
mails
> > since I first used this forum a couple of months ago. I
> > suspected that someone took my e-mail address and added
it
> > to their spam list.
> > > So this morning, I created a new e-mail user and address
> > (loraine), posted to this forum, and an hour later
> > received the BOGUS MICROSOFT SECURITY bulletin that has
> > the SWEN virus attached at my new e-mail address.
> > > NO ONE else had this e-mail address. And I have 4 other
e-
> > mail accounts with my ISP that I have NOT used on this
> > forum and they have not received the Bogus e-mails. So,
> > this forum, is where this person/group is picking up e-
> > mails and adding them to the SPAM list to send out one
of
> > the latest virus threats.
> > Beware--Do not give out your e-mail address on these
> > newsgroups.
> > Loraine
> .

Loraine, this is old old news. The spammers have been using sweeper software
across all Usenet Newsgroups - not just this one for something like a month.
The sweeper software looks for anything that looks like an email address and
adds it to it's try list.
--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

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"Loraine" <loraine222[at]bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:047a01c38b7b$d8cd7e50$a401280a[at]phx.gbl...
- quote -

> My e-mail box has been bombarded with Virus loaded e-mails
> since I first used this forum a couple of months ago. I
> suspected that someone took my e-mail address and added it
> to their spam list.
> So this morning, I created a new e-mail user and address
> (loraine), posted to this forum, and an hour later
> received the BOGUS MICROSOFT SECURITY bulletin that has
> the SWEN virus attached at my new e-mail address.
> NO ONE else had this e-mail address. And I have 4 other e-
> mail accounts with my ISP that I have NOT used on this
> forum and they have not received the Bogus e-mails. So,
> this forum, is where this person/group is picking up e-
> mails and adding them to the SPAM list to send out one of
> the latest virus threats.
> Beware--Do not give out your e-mail address on these
> newsgroups.
> Loraine