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<DIV><FONT size=2>Please remove our email address from your computer. All
messages from you are now blocked.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kith-n-kin@att.net href="mailto:kith-n-kin@att.net">Kith-n-Kin</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [or-roots] Virus/Spam
Flood</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Dear Cousins -
those I know, and those I just haven't met yet:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>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:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004></SPAN><SPAN
class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>(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?<BR><BR>(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.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>There are
programs that "phish" for addresses - our roots list-servs seem to be a good
trolling ground. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921594918-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Pat (in
Tucson)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BODY></HTML>