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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:23 PM
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whenever i get a letter from kerry, i get a virus
sent to me. my firewall stops it, but i wonder. started happening when my name got put out to the democrats, clinton, carvell and others. i get it with there's to, and through out the day. about a week now

anyone else
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:26 PM
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1. Probably not a virus ...
more than likely it's getting marked as spam. I use Netscape for my mail and all my political emails get marked like that.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:26 PM
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2. No problems here
Have you ran an antivirus scan lately?
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:27 PM
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3. I'm running Norton, and have had no difficulties...
... when receiving official Kerry email.

Very, very interesting, though, seabeyond. Please keep us updated!!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:35 PM
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4. Oh yeah? whenever I get a letter from Bush
I get a hemmorhoid!
:)
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:35 PM
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5. heres an example
Sender of the infected item: 7@smtp11.wxs.nl
Subject of the message: fake
The attachment "textfile.zip" was Deleted for the following reasons:
The file was unrepairable. Virus Info:
Virus W32.Netsky.B@mm was found.
Virus W32.Netsky.B@mm was found in textfile.doc.exe.



they come all different ways. and different emails. 10 in three days, and today isnt over with. husband who is computer dude not worried about them, and can stop them from coming to my screen if bothering me. i am just wondering. cause started with me emailing out. also emailed out a liar letter to right wing newspaper at same time. wondering if someone there soing it cause they got my email. jsut havent been so active on political sites, so dont know much about it.
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FlaGranny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:39 PM
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7. Someone you know has the Netsky virus
Edited on Mon Mar-22-04 03:42 PM by FlaGranny
which sends out the virus to everyone in that person's address book. That's how you're getting them. That's the way a lot of viruses work.

Edit: Possibly NOT someone you know, but who has your address in their address book.

EDIT #2: The political campaign e-mails I get NEVER have an attachment.
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FlaGranny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:37 PM
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6. I've gotten no viruses from those e-mails.
My ISP has spam filters but the political e-mails come through. My ISP blocks e-mails with viruses or spam e-mails, but I've gotten lots of Democratic Party, Kerry, Clinton, and other Democratic e-mails all virus free.
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:39 PM
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8. I've never had a problem with any Kerry emails
and I run McAffee, hope you get it straightened out.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-04 03:47 PM
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9. thanks all.......just wanted to make sure
it isnt like i trust the right, lol and a wink

appreciate it
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