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theconrodkid - 26/8/02 at 05:29 PM

Just had an e mail from "paul franklyn"nothing in it when i opened it,i think it is via this site,then got a mail saying it was a virus that was stopped,so if you get one from him,delete imediatley.

UncleFista - 26/8/02 at 10:09 PM

On the same subject(ish) I set up an e-mail alias to sign up for this site. I've only ever used it here, I've started to get a LOT of spam recently, it all gets sent to this mail addy

Whats that all about then ?

(Rhetorical question), I'm not sugesting Chris has anything to do with it, I'm just saying that after a few years of very little spam its a pity they managed to get me ;(

ChrisW - 27/8/02 at 12:43 PM

Nothing to do with me guys. I hate spam as much as you do. You need to be very carefull with any site that makes your email address public (as this one does) as there are plenty of 'spider' packages that scan through random websites for email addresses. It's a problem that every site faces and there's not a huge amount that can be done about it unfortunatly!

As you suggest, using an alias is probably the safest way. If the spam gets to overload point just chance the alias and you're away again.

Chris

JohnFol - 27/8/02 at 01:46 PM

so how come my email address is public?

bob - 27/8/02 at 04:21 PM

quote:
so how come my email address is public?

John
Your e-mail address isnt public as its not on your profile,only the ones who put the address on profiles can be seen or contacted

theconrodkid - 29/8/02 at 08:03 PM

got a mail from "paul franklin"saying he never sent mail to me and apologises for the virus,im takin penicilin just in case

James - 30/8/02 at 02:05 PM

quote:
Just had an e mail from "paul franklyn"nothing in it when i opened it,i think it is via this site,then got a mail saying it was a virus that was stopped,so if you get one from him,delete imediatley.


I'm getting a whole load of the blank ones myself recently. Also, I've started to get a load of ones with car or even Locost related adverts attached. This is the only place I've left my mail address so I can only imagine it's been pulled out of here.

A friend of mine uses a good system: he's got his own domain name and e-mail system. Whenever he puts his mail address somewhere he uses a name that identifies where he's entering it and then his domain name.
For example:
amazon@marksdomain.com
or
friendsreunited@marksdomain.com

That way he still gets the mail but if any company passes on his address when he's asked them not to he knows who it is exactly who's passed it on.

Cool Huh?

Cheers,

James

Rick - 9/9/02 at 06:20 PM

I think this is the Virus causing you problems

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.h@mm.html

It can get your e-mail address from someone and send an e-mail to someone else as if from you.
Looks like Mr Franklin was just a victim.


Rick

ChrisW - 10/9/02 at 10:59 AM

I've been having trouble with Klez recently aswell. Luckily McAfee picks it up each time but it seems to have caught a lot of people out judging by the number of emails I get with it in.

Best thing to do is to just delete it (or send a mail to whoever sent it telling them to get a virus scanner)

Chris