# So, anyone else getting lots of emails with viruses attached? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856 "2004-12-20T20:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/1 "2004-12-20T20:19:47Z")
For the last couple of months I’ve been getting spam emails with the W32.Sober.I@mm virus attached. Anywhere from one to four a day. SBC Yahoo’s virus scanner catches them before even AVG can, so none have gotten through, and AVG would catch them at night anyway. But I can’t tell where they’re coming from. All the emails have typical spam titles, “Re: your password” and stuff like that. None of the email headers match, to indicate that one of my friends or family members is inadvertantly responsible, and I contacted all of the less technologically inclined people in my address book to make sure they’re running a virus scanner. Anyone else suddenly bombarded with virus emails? ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/2 "2004-12-20T21:41:17Z")
Yeah - me! It started almost a week ago. I’m getting close to 100 spam e-mails _per day_, and about 6-8 of them contain a virus. Usually it’s the “Netsky” virus. That’s up from about 100 per week or two. I’m getting hot stock tips like you wouldn’t believe. And hey, if I ever need some oxycontin without a script - I’m all set! I just talked to a rep at my ISP about an hour ago, and he says he’ll up my spam filters on their end. If that doesn’t work, I’m just gonna change my addy. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/3 "2004-12-20T21:45:32Z")
I’ve been getting a lot (well, relatively) a lot of those emails. They are caught by EarthLink’s virus blocker. It seems like I get a “virus alert” email from EarthLink a lot more frequently these days. My non-EarthLink emails may be getting viruses too for all I know, but since I only use an email client (email software) on my Mac, it’s not something that concerns me. (I use webmail to pick up mail when I’m on the PC.) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/4 "2004-12-21T00:50:34Z")
About a week ago, my inbox was flooded with mail from [majordomo@wired.com](mailto:majordomo@wired.com), or something similar. Took about a day before the flood died down. Anyone else got hit with that? Must’a been YASWVAW (Yet Another Stupid Windows Virus At Work)… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/5 "2004-12-21T02:04:04Z")
No, mine are coming from a variety of places, and they always have that one worm virus in them. Some of the email addresses are even from legit places like Harper Collins (the publisher). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/6 "2004-12-22T21:33:51Z")
Tons of them. All I ask is 5 minutes alone in a room with a virus writer, with no legal repercussions… ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/7 "2004-12-22T22:44:46Z")
I’m getting a lot of spam emails with attachments. I couldn’t tell you what those attachments are, though, because I don’t even open the spam, I just move them into my junk folder (if they didn’t land there in the first place) and then I empty the junk folder. But I’m definitely noticing that almost all of the spam I’m getting these days has at least one attachment per spam. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/8 "2004-12-23T15:27:43Z")
Had a stretch last week where I was getting a flood of virus attachments (Zafi.D) and then after I blocked the email addy it was coming from, that stopped. Started up briefly again this week (Zafi.D again) and as soon as I blocked the new addy it was coming from, it was over with. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/9 "2004-12-23T15:31:00Z")
no, but I’m getting a lot of emails attached to my incoming viruii. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-else-getting-lots-of-emails-with-viruses-attached/280856/10 "2004-12-23T15:31:44Z")
I have. And it’s someone from Russia.