OT Viruses

The frequency of emails with viruses arriving on my PC has risen
sharply in the last couple of months (nearly all called W32sober,
though they are beginning to make me less than sober).

Getting them in and waiting while Norton does its thing is practically
doubling my online dialup time.

Am I alone or is this general?

Sorry OT but ...

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
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In ,
Martin Frey typed:
The frequency of emails with viruses arriving on my PC has risen
sharply in the last couple of months (nearly all called W32sober,
though they are beginning to make melessthansober.

Getting them in and waiting while Norton does its thing is practically
doubling my online dialup time.

Am I alone or is this general?


I have a "public" email address that appears on a few websites. Some days
around 200 spams and virus laden attachments can arrive to that address. My
solution was to take out a SpamCop subscription. For around 20 UKP per year
you get spam and virus filtering before the stuff ever gets to your POP3
mailbox. For me, leakage through the SpamCop system is 2-3 emails per day,
which Norton deals with happily.

Jo

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:17:41 +0000, Martin Frey
wrote:

The frequency of emails with viruses arriving on my PC has risen
sharply in the last couple of months (nearly all called W32sober,
though they are beginning to make me less than sober).

Getting them in and waiting while Norton does its thing is practically
doubling my online dialup time.

Am I alone or is this general?

Sorry OT but ...


Qurb (www.qurb.com). Works for me ;-)

I have a number of email accounts dotted around the place. Some get
hit wth viruses more often than others. Sometimes I get messages
telling me that emails that I've sent (only haven't!) couldn't be
delivered - despite having a fully up to date virus checker, firewall
and frequently run spyware remover.

A while back I kept getting a burst of emails from odd sources such as
NASA! I think it's a common, albeit annoying, problem Martin!

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Pete Lawrence wrote:

A while back I kept getting a burst of emails from odd sources such as
NASA! I think it's a common, albeit annoying, problem Martin!

I know its common - had infected emails coming in for years but the
frequency of late has risen sharply and I wondered if this increase
was just my luck of the draw or general.

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
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PS Qurb costs money - isn't that cheating?

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:20:12 +0000, Martin Frey
wrote:

PS Qurb costs money - isn't that cheating?

Not when it works ;-) !

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

"Martin Frey" wrote in message
...
The frequency of emails with viruses arriving on my PC has risen
sharply in the last couple of months (nearly all called W32sober,
though they are beginning to make me less than sober).

Getting them in and waiting while Norton does its thing is practically
doubling my online dialup time.

Am I alone or is this general?

Sorry OT but ...

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
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I too suffer from spam and in the study of spam headers i realised that
generally they seem to have 2 address in the From: header seperated by a
comma or semi-colon.

Put simply a kill rule in your email client deleting any mails with either ;
or , in the from line reduced my spam by at least 75%. Make sure they are
deleted and not moved to the trash folder where an innocent click can
unleash the beasts. And NEVER EVER un-subscribe from a spam list cos it just
adds you to 3 more ;(

Rob

PS Qurb costs money - isn't that cheating?

Mailwasher is still free I think for one email address.

Graeme



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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.817 / Virus Database: 555 - Release Date: 15/12/2004

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:17:41 +0000, Martin Frey wrote:

The frequency of emails with viruses arriving on my PC has risen
sharply in the last couple of months (nearly all called W32sober,
though they are beginning to make me less than sober).

Getting them in and waiting while Norton does its thing is practically
doubling my online dialup time.

Am I alone or is this general?

Sorry OT but ...

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 01 52.2 E 0 47 21.1
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Its only a problem for Windows users. Anyone running a Mac or Linux system
doesnt have to worry about viruses.
Phil

Phil wrote:

Its only a problem for Windows users. Anyone running a Mac or Linux system
doesnt have to worry about viruses.

If only that were true. :-( Whilst Mac and Linux systems cannot be
infected with viruses, we still receive Windows viruses in e-mail and they
soak up our bandwidth by incessantly banging away on our firewalls.