Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Odd Spam Question
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu Nov 16 14:06:16 2006
References: <70d5554f0611160624g9bcd58dp6baeeccfc5d89536@mail.gmail.com>

Benjamin, I'm no authority on the various types of spam, but I do try to 
read some of the warnings from various sources.  It is my understanding that 
some spam mailings are simply an attempt to invade your computer in order to 
plant some rogue software for purposes known only to the originator.  If I 
were you, I would run a virus check on your machine.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin Marks" <benmarks2005@gmail.com>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:24 AM
Subject: [Leica] OT: Odd Spam Question


> Hugely OT, but here goes:
>
> Recently I have had a large increase in spam.  The messages are easy to 
> spot
> and I usually delete them without opening.  I inadvertently opened one of
> the messages and it seemed to be non-sensical text.  What's really going 
> on
> here?  The message didn't seem to be marketing, selling etc. so what am I
> seeing?  The LUG must have an experienced 'net denizen who understands 
> this
> odd phenomenon.
>
> Quizzically,
>
> Ben Marks
>
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