stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 1/2/04 at 12:25 PM |
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internet scam mails
does anytone keep getting email scams with virus attatchments?
I just got this from tigersportscars.nl
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Thanks for your registration.
( We say Sorry again, the first mail was delivered to an unknown mail address.
This was a bug in our mailing system! )
The amount of 239.- USD was deducted by your account.
Welcome,
you can now visit more than 1200 very very hot web pages!
Your registration, pages and passwords are transferred in the attachment.
enjoy
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didnt know tiger did porn.
I have has several mails like this inc one welcoming me to child porn subscriptions of 200 dollars a month.
there is never any card details.
the idea is to make you think WTF and open the mail.
if you get any of these, delete them. its just crap.
atb
steve
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 1/2/04 at 12:32 PM |
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It's for this reason that I do not have Outlook Express configured on my computer, I leave everything at my ISP and only look at the mail
online. I download attachments only if I know the sender and am expecting the package.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Staple balls
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| posted on 1/2/04 at 12:55 PM |
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as far as i know
OE won't allow you to open attachments unless you fiddle with settings, so it's not so likely you'll execute a virus downloaded in
your mail.
i use thunderbird (mail client) and firebird (nice web browser) from http://www.mozilla.org because MS seem to leave a few too many holes
about
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Peteff
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| posted on 1/2/04 at 01:44 PM |
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I had 4 last week and one today.
A couple of them said I had been downloading illegal mp3 files and claimed to be from the FBI, list of files attached, one was saying I had reported
someone as a terrorist and a solicitors letter was attached. My email is web based so they are not actually on my drive but some of them could be
worrying if you were so inclined.
yours, Pete
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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pbura
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| posted on 1/2/04 at 01:52 PM |
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Dumping MSIE
Ran across an interesting utility the other day...
LitePC has some utilities for allowing users to uninstall as much of Windows as they like, great for off-brand browser users 
http://www.litepc.com
No affiliation, etc., etc.
I hate Windows and would dump it in a flash if I could. Bloated, resource-hogging, buggy POS!
Pete
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Peteff
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| posted on 1/2/04 at 05:42 PM |
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http://grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm
this closes the messenger service that windows leaves open for back door access to your system.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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