Ad - Adware SE to Spybot 1.5.2.20

[Roy East]

I find that hard to believe, I used to average about 4-5 per week (for well
over a year), now I'm getting 6 - 8 per day?

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:NRmvj.11442$kI4.3997@trnddc05...
> From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>
>
> | Since changing I am getting more Spam coincidence?
> |
>
> Yes. Coincidence!
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>
>

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>

| I find that hard to believe, I used to average about 4-5 per week (for well
| over a year), now I'm getting 6 - 8 per day?
|

Believe it. Spam ebbs and flows.
My parents are currently getting 30~50/day. That's with Verizon's SpamDetector turned on.
My father has a corporate email address that's not readily available and he get spam at the
address to.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Roy East wrote:

> "David H. Lipman" wrote:
>> From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>
>>| Since changing I am getting more Spam coincidence?
>>
>> Yes. Coincidence!
>
> I find that hard to believe, I used to average about 4-5 per week
> (for well over a year), now I'm getting 6 - 8 per day?

Neither Ad-Aware nor SpybotS&D have anything whatsoever to do with the
email your receive. You should be asking your ISP, your email provider,
what they are doing with their filtering.

Also, the more you post your email address in public as you have done
here, the more often it will get harvested, and consequently the more
spam you will receive. Learn to mung your address (though it's too late
now).

Ad-Aware and SpybotS&D search and clean your computer of different
things: adware (duh!), and spyware/trojans, etc. They are companion
programs, not substitutes for each other.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[Roy East]

So what you are saying it's this Newsgroup (and/or similar)? I started
getting more the day after i came on here????
"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:kQyvj.643196$kj1.530374@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Roy East wrote:
>
>> "David H. Lipman" wrote:
>>> From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>
>>>| Since changing I am getting more Spam coincidence?
>>>
>>> Yes. Coincidence!
>>
>> I find that hard to believe, I used to average about 4-5 per week
>> (for well over a year), now I'm getting 6 - 8 per day?
>
> Neither Ad-Aware nor SpybotS&D have anything whatsoever to do with the
> email your receive. You should be asking your ISP, your email provider,
> what they are doing with their filtering.
>
> Also, the more you post your email address in public as you have done
> here, the more often it will get harvested, and consequently the more
> spam you will receive. Learn to mung your address (though it's too late
> now).
>
> Ad-Aware and SpybotS&D search and clean your computer of different
> things: adware (duh!), and spyware/trojans, etc. They are companion
> programs, not substitutes for each other.
>
> --
> -bts
> -Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Roy East wrote:

Please don't top-post. And leave a bit of white space between
paragraphs. Thanks for your consideration.

> So what you are saying it's this Newsgroup (and/or similar)? I started
> getting more the day after i came on here????

Spammers have been harvesting email address from Usenet posts for years.
You posted with yours, in the From: field of your headers.

You got harvested. You are on the spammers' lists now.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[Roy East]

Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting? Also I don't understand:
"From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer without
being 'Sarky'

>Spammers have been harvesting email >address from Usenet posts for years.
>You posted with yours, in the From: field >of your headers.

[Jackson]

This is top posting. This reply to your post is written 'on
top' of it. Some people dislike top posting. Now look at
the bottom of your post.


On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:05:13 -0000, "Roy East"
<royeast@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting? Also I don't understand:
>"From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer without
>being 'Sarky'
>
>>Spammers have been harvesting email >address from Usenet posts for years.
>>You posted with yours, in the From: field >of your headers.
>
>
This is bottom posting. This reply is written below the
original post. Some people dislike bottom posting. All
this proves is that you can't please all of the people all
of the time, so don't lose sleep over it.

The From: field is probably hidden on your news reader. I
use Free Agent and you can toggle between showing all the
heading of a post or not showing all the heading by pressing
the 'h' on the keyboard. If you choose to show all those
cryptic header items you must find the toggle switch on your
news reader. The From: field is but one of the fields that
will show up if you toggle it 'on'.

Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Roy East wrote:

> Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting?

Jackson has explained that. Notice how I am replying "in line".

> Also I don't understand:
> "From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer
> without being 'Sarky'

Is "sarky" equal to "polite but concise?" I even said "Thanks for your
consideration."

> [Beauregard wrote:] <-- this is an attribution
>> Spammers have been harvesting email >address from Usenet posts for
>> years. You posted with yours, in the From: field >of your headers.

All email and Usenet messages have:

1. a FROM address. That is who sent it.
In your case, it is:
From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>
In my case, it is:
From: "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid>

1a. Your full, real address is visible to the spammers' harvesters.
My address is munged, using "example.com/net/org/invalid" which
are set up for the purpose of not using a real domain name.

2. a TO address. This is who you are sending the message to.
For email, it would be: To: "Uncle Bob" <bob@example.com>
For Usenet, it would be: Newsgroups: alt.privacy.spyware

3. Please do not remove attributions (ID of the person you are
replying to.

You can view the headers of any message by looking at "View Headers" in
your email/news program.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[Roy East]

Thank you Guys

[Butch Casserole]

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Roy East wrote:
>
>> Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting?
>
> Jackson has explained that. Notice how I am replying "in line".
>
>> Also I don't understand:
>> "From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer
>> without being 'Sarky'
>
> Is "sarky" equal to "polite but concise?" I even said "Thanks for your
> consideration."

Anglo Saxon slang term for sarcasm, caustic remark, irony or satire even.