Do not open the attachement - it contains a virus. These messages are generated by an infected computer and are attempting to get you to infect yourself! Delete the messages and the attachment. Regards Cliff At 12:53 PM 05/03/2004 +0000, you wrote: >Hi Folks, > >Lookingfor a little help and advice - I have Norton running all the time >and updayed weekly. In the past few days I have had three messages from >http://www.co.uk the wording as follows:- >1&2. "Some of our clients complained about the spam outgoing from your >e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by a proxy -relay trojan >server. In order to keep your computer safe, follow the instructions." and >there is an attachment. >3. "Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in >next three days. If you are still wishing to use it please resign your >account information." there is also an attachment. >In all cases the message tells me to get details from the attached file >but I am wary of the attachment in case it is a virus. Can anybody tell me >what to do, I tried replying but the e-mail was returned as it said the >first message was created automatically, I don't want my account disabled >and I don't want to open the attachment for fear of it being a virus. >I ran Norton last night and it didn't find any viruses. >Beth > > >==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== >Our County Donegal website is: >http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod1/donegal/index.htm >If you have genealogy data for Donegal, please submit to URL above. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 Prof. Cliff Shaw Department of Geology University of New Brunswick 2 Bailey Drive Fredericton New Brunswick E3B 5A3 Canada Tel: (506) 447 3195 (direct) Tel: (506) 453-4804 (secretary) Fax: (506) 453-5055 "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein

Thanks to everyone who answered, I'm glad I didn't open it - pays to be suspicious at times. I also checked with my e-mail provider and they verified I wasn't cut off. I have also now installed McAfee Virus Scan, Personal Firewall and Spamkiller. For the first time in a long while I received spam free e-mail, the Spamkiller caught 26 spam e-mails. Beth