[at-l] OT - German Spam

[steve at millers-house.org (Steve Miller)]

Well, heck...I just got two more while composing my last e-mail!!  Want 
one? :)

Steve "No Chance"

greyowl@rcn.com wrote:

>German Spam!?  I haven't gotten any, have 
>gotten/Janpanese/Chinese/Korean but only at work.  Been 
>pretty spam free eat home except for some letters from 
>Nigeria.  Can't wait for them to transfer the money to my 
>checking accout :-)
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>Grey Owl
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>>Hey you intelligent hiking techies,
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>>I've sure been getting alot of German spam lately.
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>>I opened one or two emails, but clicked on nothing, just 
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>deleted them. 
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>>All subsequent ones deleted.
>>Now, I'm getting "undeliverable mail" notices from servers, 
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>with the 
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>>German URL in the copies they forward.
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>>My questions:
>>1) Is it now possible to get virii just from opening an email? 
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>I 
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>>thought I needed to open an attachment or click on a link, 
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>or download 
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>>something.
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>>2) My Norton scan showed nothing, but could in fact a very 
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>new virus 
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>>be out there and the "fix' not yet available?
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>>3) Why am I getting all these returned mail notices in 
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>regards the 
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>>German spam.
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>>Thank you for your technical wisdom,
>>Shoester of the Rhine
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