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The virus... how many emails have you all had containing the virus? I've had 15 so far, all locked in the virus checker "vault".

The virus... how many emails have you all had containing the virus? I've had 15 so far, all locked in the virus checker "vault".

At it's peak, MyDoom infected 1 in 17 emails

I've lost count, 25-30 a day for the past few days, driving me nuts.

One of the company's I control the site and network for had about 700 today rejected by mdaemon.

the borg

Am I the only one who doesn't recieve emails with viruses in them?

I keep getting one, about 10 a day, thats like the message sent failed to be received error.

It attaches another email, which is ok to open, then there is a .scr (screensave ext.) file which i guess is a virus.

I've only had 5, but not many people have my email address

taka-Q wrote:
> Am I the only one who doesn't recieve emails with viruses in them?

Nope I dont either. Only ever had one or two in the 6.25 years(Oct 31st 97) I have had the Internet and those were those Snow White emails going round and never these big virus floods that we seem to be getting.

Haven't got this latest one yet.

Keep getting these PayPal ones though, trying to trick me into giving my details away...

Tehy're not even coming to me though...

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Dear PayPal member,

PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding your PayPal account. This account, which is associated with the email address

[email protected]

will be expiring within five business days. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause, but this is occurring because all of our customers are required to update their account settings with their personal information.

We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security policy on our website to insure everyone's absolute privacy. To avoid any interruption in PayPal services then you will need to run the application that we have sent with this email (see attachment) and follow the instructions. Please do not send your personal information through email, as it will not be as secure.

IMPORTANT! If you do not update your information with our secure application within the next five business days then we will be forced to deactivate your account and you will not be able to use your PayPal account any longer. It is strongly recommended that you take a few minutes out of your busy day and complete this now.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL! This mail is sent by an automated message system and the reply will not be received.

Thank you for using PayPal.

oarormqr

I have had none what so ever - think the only virus via email i had was a hoax - the 'bug bear' - though i wasn't stupid enough to delete it!