more viruses movement today?

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more viruses movement today?

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What happens today? i have received today a lot emails with virus, normally i have received 5 or 6 messages every day with virus or spam, but today i have received, at the moment, 67 emails with viruses!!! 8O without count spam emails. Someone have received today more viruses that other days?
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havent recieved a virus today. But a lot of spam. Was on crete some weeks ago. Mailcount when i was home: 472. 11 with virus.
im happy of my spam filter :)
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the virus you receive depends heavily on how much they are infected the people who has your address in their address book
beceuse still most virus are outlook based
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BalrogSoft wrote: i have received today a lot emails with virus, normally i have received 5 or 6 messages every day with virus or spam,
Lucky you, one of my email accounts gets about 50/60 spam messages a day...

The ISP mail server was hacked and the mail logs copied.... :?

Only 2/3 messages are keepers :roll:
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@balrogsoft: i hope you dont throw 2 much mails out. I've send you a mail because i cant use the form for getting ICamPlay.
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Hi, i know that the emails with viruses comes from other users that have been infected, and have my address on his addresses book, but i was amazed about the number of emails with viruses grew a lot today. It can be a new virus, or people access more to internet today.

To thefool: I tryed again today and i got a Mail delivery failed, i don't know what can i do to send the library to you.
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Its weird- everyone else can send mail to me.

But do you have messenger? Then you can send it via messenger.
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