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Netsky virus

Old 23 March 2004, 09:56 AM
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Question Netsky virus

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My old pc died and i have just built a new un,since getting back on the net after 3 weks off and actually having some av now installed i am getting about 2 virus attactments a day,where the hell do these get my mail add from and how can i stop this happening.

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Old 23 March 2004, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by paul w
where the hell do these get my mail add from and how can i stop this happening.
I think you'll find the addresses are harvested from infected machines with your address in their email address books. Hence you might want to have a word with any friends who use email to contact you.

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Old 23 March 2004, 11:22 AM
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Netsky harvests email addresses from a multitude of places, you'd have to contact everyone who may have visited a website where you left your email address as well, plus a good few others.
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