From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,94066ba9841467b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-25 06:10:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!pd7cy1no!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!feed.cgocable.net!read1.cgocable.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: OT: Somebody on this List Has Worms X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:10:53 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.150.168.167 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cogeco.ca X-Trace: read1.cgocable.net 1069769809 24.150.168.167 (Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:16:49 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:16:49 EST Organization: Cogeco Cable Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2921 Date: 2003-11-25T09:10:53-05:00 List-Id: "Keith Thompson" wrote in message news:lnn0akvnby.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org... > "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" writes: > > Every time I post with a new email address to this > > group, I start getting those pesky Microsoft Update > > worm messages. > > > > If you're reading this group (comp.lang.ada), then > > and your email client collects email addresses in > > your address book, then please do a virus check. > > > > One or more of you are badly infected. > > In my experience, posting with a new address to any newsgroup causes > an influx of spam and viruses. There's no particular reason to think > that someone reading this particular newsgroup is infected. There's > software out there that collects e-mail addresses from Usenet and > other sources in general. I don't disagree that it is possible, but I sure hope things have deteriorated to that level. A few selfish people are turning this wonderful Internet priviledge into a sewer system. -- Warren W. Gay http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg