Loads of Spam-help!

[Jeff Baker]

Dear MSProject colleagues,

I need your help! I joined this discussion group about
one week ago and since that time I have been receiving
literally hundreds of spam mails which appear like the
following:

Sender: MS Corporation Network Security Department
<[email protected]>

Subject: Current Critical Update

Dear Microsoft Customer,

this is the latest version of security update,
the "October 2003, Cumulative Patch" update...


There is usually an attachment which
says "Update2234.exe" or the like. Probably a virus or
what? I delete them all without opening the attachments,
but the next day my inbox is full with between 20-30 new
ones. What to do?

Will it help if I quit this discussion group? I
contacted Microsoft support but they were of no help.

Jeff

 

[Mike Glen]

We're all suffering across all newsgroups with this virus, it has nothing
specifically to do with this newsgroup - don't open it and let's hope it
will eventually go away.

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Rob Schneider]

Dear MSProject colleagues,

I need your help! I joined this discussion group about
one week ago and since that time I have been receiving
literally hundreds of spam mails which appear like the
following:

Sender: MS Corporation Network Security Department
<[email protected]>

Subject: Current Critical Update

Dear Microsoft Customer,

this is the latest version of security update,
the "October 2003, Cumulative Patch" update...


There is usually an attachment which
says "Update2234.exe" or the like. Probably a virus or
what? I delete them all without opening the attachments,
but the next day my inbox is full with between 20-30 new
ones. What to do?

Will it help if I quit this discussion group? I
contacted Microsoft support but they were of no help.

Jeff

Jeff,

The spammers are attacking people who they think might use Microsoft
products. Where better to look that on Microsoft newsgroups, or
newsgroups on Microsoft-related topics. They "harvest" emails from thse
postings. You should disguise or simply not use an email address on
these postings. I'm not sure how long (or even if it's good enough now)
that this disgusing will work. I have suspicions that the spammer's
technology is good enough to harvest good emails from thinly disguised ones.

It won't help even if you quit the newsgroup since they now have your email.

To deal with the spam

1. ignore them.
2. use better spam detection/elimination software on your client or on
an email server
3. eliminate using this email address that they now know.