I have been recieving lots of these e-mails, I suppose everyone ells is also ! My Yahoo harvests them into spam I have been deleating more than a dozen a day! What can i do about it other than using anti- virus soft ware. I have had messages coming through purple! what is this all about ! Carole Robinson Member of NDFHS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Leishman" <se@kentmere.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:00 PM Subject: RE: [ENG-DUR] Fw: Microsoft > Yes Dave, > There are a few strange ones about I have had the same one you have had! > there is also ones that look like your mail has been returned, they have a > virus attached to them! Also I received some very disturbing ones last week > regarding child porn, I was disgusted . I used the marking facility to mark > all that came in purple, I received about ten a day! . > However, they eventually stopped but this week a lot of people off the list > have come through marked purple! So I think whoever it is, is using other > peoples address books! > It is certainly worse than ever at the moment. I also received a message > saying that my PayPal account that I use needed updating, I ignored it , A > week later there was a notice sent out saying that PayPal would NEVER do it > that way they would re-route you to a secure site using known passwords. > I am waiting for the new one to start to hit us all too, so far all mine > have been picked up with the virus checker. > Sue > > > -----Original Message----- > From: davspark [mailto:davspark@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:45 PM > To: ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-DUR] Fw: Microsoft > > > > > Subject: Microsoft > > > > > > > > > > For the past week or so I have been receiving messages purporting to > > come > > > > from Microsoft and askime to download a "Cumulative Security Patch" > > > > These messages have come about a couple of times each day and have > every > > > > indication of being genuine Microsoft communications. Being somewhat > > > > mistrustful I have refrained from taking any action in respect of > these. > > > > Has anyone else received them and should I download or use the > 'Delete' > > > key > > > > ? > > > > > > > > Dave S > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > A-Z of BRITISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH > by Dr Ashton Emery > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/EmeryPaper.html > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.577 / Virus Database: 366 - Release Date: 2/3/04 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.577 / Virus Database: 366 - Release Date: 2/3/04 > > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== > I.G.I. Family Search > http://www.familysearch.org/ > Public Record Office U.K > http://www.pro.gov.uk >