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W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

For about a month...maybe more...I have been getting hundreds and hundreds
of the W.32.Swen.A@mm spam messages that are iimitating Microsoft......(a
fix patch).
I use SBC Yahoo mail and mail passes thru Yahoo to my Outlook Express
6.0.
I did have Spam Guard turned on so I would get all messages sent to OE
but these spam messages take a long time to download and then Norton removes
the virus. I can block most spam (but not these W.32.Swen.A@mm) as I use
iHate Spam. These messages fill my yahoo mailbox of 25 MB in less than 2
days.
Now I have Yahoo Spam Guard turned off so I won't get all these
messages. But alot of messages never get to me at OE so I have to go to
Yahoo Mail to see them.
I have set up a few filters in Yahoo but there is NO WAY to set up
enough filters to filter all these messages out. They come in with all
sorts of Headers and Subject lines.
Can anyone be of assistance?????

Thanks!!!!!

HERE ARE SOME OF THE HEADERS AND SUBJUCT LINES I RECEIVED JUST TODAY.
Admin Abort Advice

Admin Returned Mail

Administrator mail: returned to sender

administrator Undeliverable Message: Returned To Sender

@yahoo.com [none]

Microsoft Email Delivery System Advice

Email Service Notice Microsoft Security Bulletin

Email System Undelivered Mail Returned To Mailer

emailbot@yahoo.net Mail: Returned To Sender

Internet Mail System Abort Advice

Internet Email System Message

Internet Mail Delivery Service Returned Message User unknown

internet message delivery system failure advice

internet message storage service [none]

Internet Service@ yahoo.com Advice

Inet Message Delivery Service [VIRUS DETECTE ET NETTOYE]

Inet System Bug Letter

Inet System Returned Message User unknown

Mail Storage Service@ yahoo.com bug letter

Mail System report

message storage service Bug Report

Microsoft Corporation Customer Support@ yahoo.com Latest Net Pack

Microsoft Corporation Internet Security Section@ yahoo.com Newest Net
Critical Upgrade

Microsoft Customer Support Newest Net Upgrade

Microsoft Message Delivery Service [none]

Microsoft Inet Email Service Notice

microsoft email storage system Letter

Microsoft Inet Mail Service Bug Announcement

Microsoft Inet Message Storage Service@ yahoo.com Announcement

Microsoft Inet Message Storage Service Letter

microsoft inet message system Bug Notice

Microsoft Inet Storage Service Returned Mail: Returned To Mailer

Microsoft Inet Storage Service Undeliverable Message User unknown

microsoft internet email storage service failure advice

Microsoft Internet Email Storage System Announcement

Microsoft Internet Mail Delivery System Abort Letter

Microsoft Internet Message System Message: Returned To Mailer

microsoft net mail storage service Abort Notice

microsoft net system Undeliverable Mail: Returned To Sender

Microsoft Network Message Service Mail: Returned To Sender

Microsoft Network Security Center Pack

microsoft network service [none]

Microsoft Security Bulletin New Critical Pack

Microsoft Security Center Latest Net Update

Net Email Delivery Service Error Notice

net mail delivery service@ yahoo.com Bug Advice

Net Mail StoraMicrosoft Internet Message System Message: Returned To Mailer

Net Message Delivery Service [none]

Net Mail Storage System Returned Message Returned To Sender Message

Net Message Storage Service Advice

net message storage system abort message

network email delivery service Abort Announcement

Network Mail Delivery Service [none]

Network Mail Delivery System Letter

network mail delivery system@ yahoo.com [none]

Network Mail System Failure Advice

network mail system Notice

Network Security Department Current Net Upgrade

network message storage service Mail: User unknown

network storage service Returned Message: User unknown

network message storage service Undeliverable Message

Network Message Storage System Undelivered Mail User unknown

Network System Undelivered Mail

Postmaster abort notice

Postmaster Bug Letter

Postmaster Error Report

Postmaster Letter

Program Security Section Current Internet Security Upgrade

Security Center Latest Net Update

Security Center Newest Network Critical Upgrade

Bug Notice ................there was no header to this message

newest net update................there was no header to this message

Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

I had the same problem. I was receiving about 200 spam per day
I eventually got that fed up with trying different things
so I just got my isp to change my email slightly.
its the only way.

"Earl Brant" <e.b.brant@prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:3kskb.5861$wD6.3626@newssvr17.news.prodigy.co m...
> For about a month...maybe more...I have been getting hundreds and hundreds
> of the W.32.Swen.A@mm spam messages that are iimitating Microsoft......(a
> fix patch).
> I use SBC Yahoo mail and mail passes thru Yahoo to my Outlook Express
> 6.0.
> I did have Spam Guard turned on so I would get all messages sent to
OE
> but these spam messages take a long time to download and then Norton
removes
> the virus. I can block most spam (but not these W.32.Swen.A@mm) as I use
> iHate Spam. These messages fill my yahoo mailbox of 25 MB in less than 2
> days.
> Now I have Yahoo Spam Guard turned off so I won't get all these
> messages. But alot of messages never get to me at OE so I have to go to
> Yahoo Mail to see them.
> I have set up a few filters in Yahoo but there is NO WAY to set up
> enough filters to filter all these messages out. They come in with all
> sorts of Headers and Subject lines.
> Can anyone be of assistance?????
>
> Thanks!!!!!
>
> HERE ARE SOME OF THE HEADERS AND SUBJUCT LINES I RECEIVED JUST TODAY.
> Admin Abort Advice
>
> Admin Returned Mail
>
> Administrator mail: returned to sender
>
> administrator Undeliverable Message: Returned To Sender
>
> @yahoo.com [none]
>
> Microsoft Email Delivery System Advice
>
> Email Service Notice Microsoft Security Bulletin
>
> Email System Undelivered Mail Returned To Mailer
>
> emailbot@yahoo.net Mail: Returned To Sender
>
> Internet Mail System Abort Advice
>
> Internet Email System Message
>
> Internet Mail Delivery Service Returned Message User unknown
>
> internet message delivery system failure advice
>
> internet message storage service [none]
>
> Internet Service@ yahoo.com Advice
>
> Inet Message Delivery Service [VIRUS DETECTE ET NETTOYE]
>
> Inet System Bug Letter
>
> Inet System Returned Message User unknown
>
> Mail Storage Service@ yahoo.com bug letter
>
> Mail System report
>
> message storage service Bug Report
>
> Microsoft Corporation Customer Support@ yahoo.com Latest Net Pack
>
> Microsoft Corporation Internet Security Section@ yahoo.com Newest Net
> Critical Upgrade
>
> Microsoft Customer Support Newest Net Upgrade
>
> Microsoft Message Delivery Service [none]
>
> Microsoft Inet Email Service Notice
>
> microsoft email storage system Letter
>
> Microsoft Inet Mail Service Bug Announcement
>
> Microsoft Inet Message Storage Service@ yahoo.com Announcement
>
> Microsoft Inet Message Storage Service Letter
>
> microsoft inet message system Bug Notice
>
> Microsoft Inet Storage Service Returned Mail: Returned To Mailer
>
> Microsoft Inet Storage Service Undeliverable Message User unknown
>
> microsoft internet email storage service failure advice
>
> Microsoft Internet Email Storage System Announcement
>
> Microsoft Internet Mail Delivery System Abort Letter
>
> Microsoft Internet Message System Message: Returned To Mailer
>
> microsoft net mail storage service Abort Notice
>
> microsoft net system Undeliverable Mail: Returned To Sender
>
> Microsoft Network Message Service Mail: Returned To Sender
>
> Microsoft Network Security Center Pack
>
> microsoft network service [none]
>
> Microsoft Security Bulletin New Critical Pack
>
> Microsoft Security Center Latest Net Update
>
> Net Email Delivery Service Error Notice
>
> net mail delivery service@ yahoo.com Bug Advice
>
> Net Mail StoraMicrosoft Internet Message System Message: Returned To
Mailer
>
> Net Message Delivery Service [none]
>
> Net Mail Storage System Returned Message Returned To Sender Message
>
> Net Message Storage Service Advice
>
> net message storage system abort message
>
> network email delivery service Abort Announcement
>
> Network Mail Delivery Service [none]
>
> Network Mail Delivery System Letter
>
> network mail delivery system@ yahoo.com [none]
>
> Network Mail System Failure Advice
>
> network mail system Notice
>
> Network Security Department Current Net Upgrade
>
> network message storage service Mail: User unknown
>
> network storage service Returned Message: User unknown
>
> network message storage service Undeliverable Message
>
> Network Message Storage System Undelivered Mail User unknown
>
> Network System Undelivered Mail
>
> Postmaster abort notice
>
> Postmaster Bug Letter
>
> Postmaster Error Report
>
> Postmaster Letter
>
> Program Security Section Current Internet Security Upgrade
>
> Security Center Latest Net Update
>
> Security Center Newest Network Critical Upgrade
>
> Bug Notice ................there was no header to this message
>
> newest net update................there was no header to this message
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

Take a look at the info here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=ed066bbeb794a223

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:55:27 GMT, in
<3kskb.5861$wD6.3626@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>
Earl Brant scrawled:

>For about a month...maybe more...I have been getting hundreds and hundreds
>of the W.32.Swen.A@mm spam messages that are iimitating Microsoft......(a
>fix patch).
> I use SBC Yahoo mail and mail passes thru Yahoo to my Outlook Express
>6.0.
> I did have Spam Guard turned on so I would get all messages sent to OE
>but these spam messages take a long time to download and then Norton removes
>the virus. I can block most spam (but not these W.32.Swen.A@mm) as I use
>iHate Spam. These messages fill my yahoo mailbox of 25 MB in less than 2
>days.
> Now I have Yahoo Spam Guard turned off so I won't get all these
>messages. But alot of messages never get to me at OE so I have to go to
>Yahoo Mail to see them.
> I have set up a few filters in Yahoo but there is NO WAY to set up
>enough filters to filter all these messages out. They come in with all
>sorts of Headers and Subject lines.
> Can anyone be of assistance?????
>
>Thanks!!!!!
>
>HERE ARE SOME OF THE HEADERS AND SUBJUCT LINES I RECEIVED JUST TODAY.
>Admin Abort Advice
>
>Admin Returned Mail
>
>Administrator mail: returned to sender
>
>administrator Undeliverable Message: Returned To Sender
>
>@yahoo.com [none]
>
>Microsoft Email Delivery System Advice
>
>Email Service Notice Microsoft Security Bulletin
>
>Email System Undelivered Mail Returned To Mailer
>
>emailbot@yahoo.net Mail: Returned To Sender
>
>Internet Mail System Abort Advice
>
>Internet Email System Message
>
>Internet Mail Delivery Service Returned Message User unknown
>
>internet message delivery system failure advice
>
>internet message storage service [none]
>
>Internet Service@ yahoo.com Advice
>
>Inet Message Delivery Service [VIRUS DETECTE ET NETTOYE]
>
>Inet System Bug Letter
>
>Inet System Returned Message User unknown
>
>Mail Storage Service@ yahoo.com bug letter
>
>Mail System report
>
>message storage service Bug Report
>
>Microsoft Corporation Customer Support@ yahoo.com Latest Net Pack
>
>Microsoft Corporation Internet Security Section@ yahoo.com Newest Net
>Critical Upgrade
>
>Microsoft Customer Support Newest Net Upgrade
>
>Microsoft Message Delivery Service [none]
>
>Microsoft Inet Email Service Notice
>
>microsoft email storage system Letter
>
>Microsoft Inet Mail Service Bug Announcement
>
>Microsoft Inet Message Storage Service@ yahoo.com Announcement
>
>Microsoft Inet Message Storage Service Letter
>
>microsoft inet message system Bug Notice
>
>Microsoft Inet Storage Service Returned Mail: Returned To Mailer
>
>Microsoft Inet Storage Service Undeliverable Message User unknown
>
>microsoft internet email storage service failure advice
>
>Microsoft Internet Email Storage System Announcement
>
>Microsoft Internet Mail Delivery System Abort Letter
>
>Microsoft Internet Message System Message: Returned To Mailer
>
>microsoft net mail storage service Abort Notice
>
>microsoft net system Undeliverable Mail: Returned To Sender
>
>Microsoft Network Message Service Mail: Returned To Sender
>
>Microsoft Network Security Center Pack
>
>microsoft network service [none]
>
>Microsoft Security Bulletin New Critical Pack
>
>Microsoft Security Center Latest Net Update
>
>Net Email Delivery Service Error Notice
>
>net mail delivery service@ yahoo.com Bug Advice
>
>Net Mail StoraMicrosoft Internet Message System Message: Returned To Mailer
>
>Net Message Delivery Service [none]
>
>Net Mail Storage System Returned Message Returned To Sender Message
>
>Net Message Storage Service Advice
>
>net message storage system abort message
>
>network email delivery service Abort Announcement
>
>Network Mail Delivery Service [none]
>
>Network Mail Delivery System Letter
>
>network mail delivery system@ yahoo.com [none]
>
>Network Mail System Failure Advice
>
>network mail system Notice
>
>Network Security Department Current Net Upgrade
>
>network message storage service Mail: User unknown
>
>network storage service Returned Message: User unknown
>
>network message storage service Undeliverable Message
>
>Network Message Storage System Undelivered Mail User unknown
>
>Network System Undelivered Mail
>
>Postmaster abort notice
>
>Postmaster Bug Letter
>
>Postmaster Error Report
>
>Postmaster Letter
>
>Program Security Section Current Internet Security Upgrade
>
>Security Center Latest Net Update
>
>Security Center Newest Network Critical Upgrade
>
>Bug Notice ................there was no header to this message
>
>newest net update................there was no header to this message
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:55:27 GMT, Knowing that it was a Hollywood
invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Earl Brant"
<e.b.brant@prodigy.net> wrote :

>For about a month...maybe more...I have been getting hundreds and hundreds
>of the W.32.Swen.A@mm spam messages that are iimitating Microsoft......(a
>fix patch).
> I use SBC Yahoo mail and mail passes thru Yahoo to my Outlook Express
>6.0.
> I did have Spam Guard turned on so I would get all messages sent to OE
>but these spam messages take a long time to download and then Norton removes
>the virus. I can block most spam (but not these W.32.Swen.A@mm) as I use
>iHate Spam. These messages fill my yahoo mailbox of 25 MB in less than 2
>days.
> Now I have Yahoo Spam Guard turned off so I won't get all these
>messages. But alot of messages never get to me at OE so I have to go to
>Yahoo Mail to see them.
> I have set up a few filters in Yahoo but there is NO WAY to set up
>enough filters to filter all these messages out. They come in with all
>sorts of Headers and Subject lines.
> Can anyone be of assistance?????

Install,"Mailwasher",
http://www.mailwasher.net/download.php
Tools/Options/Filters/Add and make a filter.Click the," mark for
deletion boxes.Choose fewer
rules.In the Rules box change to The To Field.Change to the next box
across and change to,"Does Not Contain" and then in the far right box
put your email address.
This will delete them from your pop box as most
of these virus spam are not personal as you may think and they won't
have your return address.You can add anyone who you want to get
through to your,"Friends" list or blacklist others.

HTH :)

--
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Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

"So, Mr Slumpy you *really* are the perpetual comedian, aren't you ?" I
threw back my head and roared with laughter as lee continued:

> I had the same problem. I was receiving about 200 spam per day
> I eventually got that fed up with trying different things
> so I just got my isp to change my email slightly.
> its the only way.

Don't be stupid, of course it isn't.
Ever heard of Mailwasher ?
--
slumpy
no more
no less
just slumpy

Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

Yes i have herd and used mailwasher for years and that filters=
but does not stop **** arriving at the mail server!

"slumpy" <me3@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:bmujmm$r38fj$1@ID-105330.news.uni-berlin.de...
> "So, Mr Slumpy you *really* are the perpetual comedian, aren't you ?" I
> threw back my head and roared with laughter as lee continued:
>
> > I had the same problem. I was receiving about 200 spam per day
> > I eventually got that fed up with trying different things
> > so I just got my isp to change my email slightly.
> > its the only way.
>
> Don't be stupid, of course it isn't.
> Ever heard of Mailwasher ?
> --
> slumpy
> no more
> no less
> just slumpy
>

Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

"So, Mr Slumpy you *really* are the perpetual comedian, aren't you ?" I
threw back my head and roared with laughter as lee continued:

> Yes i have herd and used mailwasher for years and that filters=
> but does not stop **** arriving at the mail server!

No, but changing your address means it will still go to ISP's server, as
the domain name will route it that way, and then your ISP's server
decides if it is a valid address or not. So you are just creating yet
more email addresses for the virus to attack, thereby worsening the
problem.
Use Mailwasher and just delete them like everyone else.
--
slumpy
no more
no less
just slumpy

Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

I take it that Mailwasher will delete these at the Yahoo server. RIGHT???

"slumpy" <me3@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:bmuku0$qfilb$1@ID-105330.news.uni-berlin.de...
> "So, Mr Slumpy you *really* are the perpetual comedian, aren't you ?" I
> threw back my head and roared with laughter as lee continued:
>
> > Yes i have herd and used mailwasher for years and that filters=
> > but does not stop **** arriving at the mail server!
>
> No, but changing your address means it will still go to ISP's server, as
> the domain name will route it that way, and then your ISP's server
> decides if it is a valid address or not. So you are just creating yet
> more email addresses for the virus to attack, thereby worsening the
> problem.
> Use Mailwasher and just delete them like everyone else.
> --
> slumpy
> no more
> no less
> just slumpy
>

Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

Earl Brant wrote:

> For about a month...maybe more...I have been getting hundreds and hundreds
> of the W.32.Swen.A@mm spam messages that are iimitating Microsoft......(a
> fix patch).

[schnippen]

These messages were emailed to your machine by machines that have been
hijacked by the virus. Anyone you know who has your email address in their
address book could have sent them. In addition, since you posted this
message with what appears to be a valid email address, and the virus
harvests email addresses from newsgroup postings, you have opened the
floodgates to another batch of spam and virii.

Since you are still receiving this large a volume of worm messages so long
after its original appearance, I would bet that one or more of your regular
correspondents is infected with the virus and doesn't know it. It might be
a Good Idea for you to, first, "munge" your email address (go to
members.aol.com/emailfaq/mungfaq.html to find out why you should do that
and how to). Since you already use an antivirus, I assume you are familiar
with the reasons why one uses such an application, as well as a firewall,
as part of one's basic security provisions; just in case, though, you might
go to http://www.geocities.com/yosponge/ for more information along thoe
lines.

Armed with that knowledge, it is then time to read up on the Swen virus and
how it spreads. You can start your research by going to
http://www.google.com, clicking the "Groups" tab at the top, then "Advanced
Group Search," and entering any appropriate keyword match and the name of
this group in the other obvious places. You will get several hundred hits
to your search, given that this subject has been discussed to death in this
newsgroup and many others. (That's a gentle hint that you might read
newsgroups before posting messages in them.) You might then forward this
knowledge to your correspondents, since you apparently have at least one
who is still unaware of basic Internet security precautions and still
believes that Microsoft sends out security patches in email.

--
Gary G. Taylor * Rialto, CA
gary at donavan dot org / http:// geetee dot donavan dot org
"The two most abundant things in the universe
are hydrogen and stupidity." --Harlan Ellison

Re: W32.Swen.A@mm SPAM

"So, Mr Slumpy you *really* are the perpetual comedian, aren't you ?" I
threw back my head and roared with laughter as Earl Brant continued:

> I take it that Mailwasher will delete these at the Yahoo server.
> RIGHT???

Exactly - you get to view each as a simple text mail, partially
downloaded - blacklist, create rules, or just plain and simple delete
them - no laborious downloading...no threats !
--
slumpy
no more
no less
just slumpy