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OptimusRhyme

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Over the past few weeks, I keep getting this dumb email that always has a new subject. They range from Book1, to Please help.

All thats in the email is a simple one line message, usually saying, Here is what you wanted, or This is all i could give. My problem is, i can't block the email, or at least i dont know how. the email comes from @yahoo.com. And thats all. Theres nothing else in it, so if i wanted to block that, i'd block every from yahoo.

I assume this is just a virus. I dont know any of the other names in the list of to whom the email is going to either. For the latest one i have, it's book1.com. And thats all. Could this be maybe one of those annoying porn spam mail things? I dont have a virus protection on right now so i can't check. Hopefully someone knows.

Thanks.
 
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Originally posted by: OptimusRhyme
Over the past few weeks, I keep getting this dumb email that always has a new subject. They range from Book1, to Please help.

All thats in the email is a simple one line message, usually saying, Here is what you wanted, or This is all i could give. My problem is, i can't block the email, or at least i dont know how. the email comes from @yahoo.com. And thats all. Theres nothing else in it, so if i wanted to block that, i'd block every from yahoo.

I assume this is just a virus. I dont know any of the other names in the list of to whom the email is going to either. For the latest one i have, it's book1.com. And thats all. Could this be maybe one of those annoying porn spam mail things? I dont have a virus protection on right now so i can't check. Hopefully someone knows.

Thanks.
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If that's the only line in the email, how could it be porn spam? It certainly sounds like spam to me, which means the from address is a fake. There are several anti-spam tools available. I use the one built in with Thunderbird.

And if there is no attachment, how can it be a virus?

You don't have virus protection on, but the response you got was a link to an online virus scan.

There are several free antivirus programs available: Avast, Antivir, and AVG. Computer Associates is also currently offering one free year of EZ-Trust.
 
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capybara

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You don't have virus protection on, but the response you got was a link to an online virus scan.

There are several free antivirus programs available: Avast, Antivir, and AVG. Computer Associates is also currently offering one free year of EZ-Trust.
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thx for the link. i know it will come in handy.
BUT.....
1. i went to computer associates, but could only find 30day free trial. anyone got a link to 1 year free
trial?
2. AVG 5uck5. a comptr i fis had AVG up and running. it notified that it
received a virus, BUT did not block it: the klez.h worm or virus or whatever.
and repeated scans of AVG wouldnt remove klez.h which infected 171 files.
so i repeat:
AVG does not block, and cannot remove, klez.h , which is #2 on the CA list of most common viruses.
 
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OptimusRhyme

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There is an attachment with the email though.

When i said that the last one i had was book1.com, i meant that was the attachment. I have Norton, and have now installed it, so i'll run a check to see what i can do.
 
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