Thread: OT/ Virus SPAM email

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:32:50 +1000, "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote: >Those kinds of viruses are usually in someone else's machine not yours. For >example, you and I share a number of common friends so it would be easy for >you to think your machine is affected when it is actually mine - we would >have a number of mutual email addresses. > >This often...

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:33:12 -0500, Freckles wrote: > "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message > news:7k3dleF37fbpiU25@mid.individual.net... >> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:10:56 +1100, Alan S wrote: >> >>> A spammer appears to have hacked my Yahoo mail account and has sent a >>> spam email to everyone on my address list....

"Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote in message news:qnhqd552ne3bvudoe3tb2225pdtjnfqba6@4ax.com... > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:18:19 -0700, "Julie Bove" > <juliebove@verizon.net> wrote: > >> >>"Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote in message...

Those kinds of viruses are usually in someone else's machine not yours. For example, you and I share a number of common friends so it would be easy for you to think your machine is affected when it is actually mine - we would have a number of mutual email addresses. This often comes about from people not using the bcc option but rather letting everyone see everyone else's email addresses. One of those people only have to open an...

Alan S wrote: > A spammer appears to have hacked my Yahoo mail account and has sent a > spam email to everyone on my address list. > > Please DO NOT OPEN any emails with the subject "hi, u" from me - or > anyone else. > > I apologise to anyone receiving one of these emails and I hope that > they do not do the same thing when you receive them. > > I am...

"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message news:7k3dleF37fbpiU25@mid.individual.net... > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:10:56 +1100, Alan S wrote: > >> A spammer appears to have hacked my Yahoo mail account and has sent a >> spam email to everyone on my address list. >> >> Please DO NOT OPEN any emails with the subject "hi, u" from me...