Olan
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Jan 9, 2003 21:08:45 GMT -5
Post by Olan on Jan 9, 2003 21:08:45 GMT -5
Is it just me, or does everybody else get virus emails on a daily basis? I think the Virus Scan companies are behind it. Are there really that many bored people that would do those things. This isn't even have a hotmail account (I used to get around 20 junkmails a day at hotmail) I don't like to check email that much because I have to go through those stupid virus detected windows. Why do those thinks like execute immediately anyway? Whoever wrote outlook must have been in on the whole virus company deal too. What other mail programs get all those viruses?
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Jan 9, 2003 21:19:11 GMT -5
Post by OldSchool on Jan 9, 2003 21:19:11 GMT -5
Well, considering i dont open e-mail from peopel i dont know, i dont get many virus's.
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Jan 10, 2003 0:04:32 GMT -5
Post by Jaggy on Jan 10, 2003 0:04:32 GMT -5
I don't know. I always just delete/block emails from weird/suspicious people I don't know. I've been getting these weird emails from people I don't know lately. I know it automatically sends by itself... and it's probably a virus. The emails are like around 47k.
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Jan 10, 2003 13:30:41 GMT -5
Post by Lans Hamilton on Jan 10, 2003 13:30:41 GMT -5
Same for me, except they're around 120k, blank and sometimes from people here, and I think people have probably recieved them from me too... being done by somebody else?
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Jan 10, 2003 13:41:49 GMT -5
Post by Knight of Lodis on Jan 10, 2003 13:41:49 GMT -5
All of my email I get from strangers goes to my lycos account. Lycos checks for viruses. I have only recieved one virus on it and that was the klez which I immediately deleted.
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Jan 10, 2003 13:49:39 GMT -5
Post by Sokar468 on Jan 10, 2003 13:49:39 GMT -5
Is it just me, or does everybody else get virus emails on a daily basis? I think the Virus Scan companies are behind it. Are there really that many bored people that would do those things. This isn't even have a hotmail account (I used to get around 20 junkmails a day at hotmail) I don't like to check email that much because I have to go through those stupid virus detected windows. Why do those thinks like execute immediately anyway? Whoever wrote outlook must have been in on the whole virus company deal too. What other mail programs get all those viruses? Maybe it is the anti-virus companies. Who knows these days, in corporate America... I never get junk-mail in my personal account because I created two e-mail addresses: one for personal stuff, which I give to my friends; one for junk mail, which I use when registering on websites. No offense to this forum, but I used my junk mail account to sign up here, because I know forum providers have a tendency to send junk-mail. I recommend this strategy to anyone who receives overwhelming amounts of junk mail.
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Olan
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Jan 10, 2003 15:04:08 GMT -5
Post by Olan on Jan 10, 2003 15:04:08 GMT -5
Maybe it is the anti-virus companies. Who knows these days, in corporate America... I never get junk-mail in my personal account because I created two e-mail addresses: one for personal stuff, which I give to my friends; one for junk mail, which I use when registering on websites. No offense to this forum, but I used my junk mail account to sign up here, because I know forum providers have a tendency to send junk-mail. I recommend this strategy to anyone who receives overwhelming amounts of junk mail. That's what I do, and my personal account still gets junkmail. I never sign up for anything with it either. I've convinced that ISPs sell out their account database or something. I delete those blank emails, but before I can hit delete (just click on it once) the antivirus software comes up.
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Jan 10, 2003 15:43:46 GMT -5
Post by Lans Tartare on Jan 10, 2003 15:43:46 GMT -5
I rarely check mails...but any suspicious looking mails...I delete them!
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Riou
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Jan 10, 2003 23:47:23 GMT -5
Post by Riou on Jan 10, 2003 23:47:23 GMT -5
Don't check suspicious mail... I've got plenty of viruses before by mail. If you get mail by a suspicious email from people like "iloveyou123@hotmail.com", and if you open it, then it's most likely empty...meaning it has no text in it.... Those are the main viruses people get. The only mail I check are from people I know....(like Landon's email and other forum members when they need something...) And don't open those empty and suspicious mail.... be sure to read the subject first too. i got one like that too, but it was from goddess2777@hotmail.com she just said.......nothing
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Olan
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Jan 11, 2003 0:07:51 GMT -5
Post by Olan on Jan 11, 2003 0:07:51 GMT -5
Does anyone know where emails are stored, I'm not sure that you can find them in the file tree (that would defeat of the purpose of account passwords) when I go to right click -> delete, the virus scanner pops up. I should probably download the lastest outlook patch and see if that helps.
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Jan 11, 2003 21:14:32 GMT -5
Post by Sokar468 on Jan 11, 2003 21:14:32 GMT -5
Does anyone know where emails are stored, I'm not sure that you can find them in the file tree (that would defeat of the purpose of account passwords) when I go to right click -> delete, the virus scanner pops up. I should probably download the lastest outlook patch and see if that helps. I don't like how virus scanners try to take over your computer. I think Outlook files are hidden somewhere in the registry. I think...
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Olan
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Jan 11, 2003 21:57:47 GMT -5
Post by Olan on Jan 11, 2003 21:57:47 GMT -5
I don't like how virus scanners try to take over your computer. I think Outlook files are hidden somewhere in the registry. I think... It probably is, I'll see if I can find them. And I really do hate how the virus scanners can just pop up. I think it's just an extension of their scam. If it's always looking for viruses, why can't it find them when they are running? I had a virus not that long ago that I found by a manual scan (I started it) The virus program is supposed to automatically run itself, but that's crap. And it's supposed to search memory, but it never found it either.
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Jan 12, 2003 0:00:15 GMT -5
Post by OldSchool on Jan 12, 2003 0:00:15 GMT -5
Most of the time i ignore e-mails, even if i know who they are, i only open them if i know they are important.
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Jan 12, 2003 20:27:09 GMT -5
Post by DragoonWraith on Jan 12, 2003 20:27:09 GMT -5
I very rarely get junkmail, although recently this guy char loyer kept sending me screensavers, so I blocked him... But other than that, I don't get any.
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Granular Fire
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Jan 20, 2003 9:48:55 GMT -5
Post by Granular Fire on Jan 20, 2003 9:48:55 GMT -5
On my old e-mail account, I get spam.
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