[or-roots] Virus/Spam Flood

[Kevin & Shirlee Johnson]

MessagePlease remove our email address from your computer.  All messages from you are now blocked.

Thanks!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kith-n-Kin 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:11 PM
  Subject: RE: [or-roots] Virus/Spam Flood


  Dear Cousins - those I know, and those I just haven't met yet:

  Let me comment. My computer is protected within an inch of its life, and yet in the past week, several items of concern have happened:

  (1) I received an e-mail from myself to myself advertising products I (thank you) don't need. At the same time, I was advised through "returned" e-mails that at least two other people to whom I had "sent" the e-mail didn't exist. Makes you wonder who did get them, doesn't it?

  (2) My husband received an e-mail addressed specifically to him, from a specific friend, with no subject and an attachment of "fotos" -- a zip file.  Oops, this was a virus attachment. Didn't open it up, as my 'puter stopped it in its tracks.  I got probably 12 "notices" of malicious code being stopped by my Norton.

  There are programs that "phish" for addresses - our roots list-servs seem to be a good trolling ground.  

  My advice is: If you receive a zip, exe, or bat file, or some music files, from anyone as an attachment, FIRST e-mail the person and ask if s/he sent it.

  Then, when you send e-mail, jokes, political statements, to your friends, *blind copy* everyone. DON'T put anyone's address in the To or Cc boxes.  If, by chance you are on Juno or another ISP that doesn't allow Bcc, either send separate e-mails to each recipient, or get another provider.

  Get yourself a "spy catcher" -- I have both Spy Sweeper (courtesy of my ISP, AT&T) and Spy Bot (a download, requests donation, I think).  You will be amazed how much "stuff" is on your drive, just from doing simple surfing on the net.

  I am positive that somewhere there are people, like yourselves, who are wondering who I am, and why I sent them that ugly spam -- honest, twasn't me, folks.  Matter of fact, if you haven't had one or more of your e-dentities stolen and forged, it probably only means you haven't been around long enough.

  Well, that's all. I just suggest that you do what you can, don't have "unprotected internetting" and don't get too concerned about all those fingers pointing your way.

  Regards,

  Pat (in Tucson)
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