Getting Bombarded By German Spam!

[BearClaws]

My Yahoo bulk mailbox is getting totally bombarded by German spam.
Anyone else?
Quick cure?

[meegbear]

1. Spam Filter!!!!

[BearClaws]

My Yahoo email

account uses "Spam Guard plus"
But it is useless against this latest attack.

[meegbear]

7. Then get used to hitting Delete a lot

That's about all you can do.

[babylonsister]

2. I had an error msg. in my spam filter yesterday;

it appears my e-mail address is sending German spam out; how, I dunno. :shrug:

[barackmyworld]

3. you might have the virus then

[MnFats]

4. tons and tons and tons...

....easing off now but I'll bet in the last three days I've gotten about 70 of those damn things.

it looks as though they managed to hijack servers somewhere because some of the return addresses are local and they've never heard of the phenomenon.

DO NOT open the links.....I'm told they take you to German neo-Nazi sites and may unleash viruses on your computer...

very aggravating, no doubt.

[On the Road]

5. It's a Worm

If it has links to websites, don't go to any of them. You might want to scan your hard drive for viruses. Other than that, I don't think the worm is particularly destructive.

[Worst Username Ever]

6. It is probably this

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&e=6&u=/nm/20050517/od_nm/tech_spam_dc

[flakey_foont]

8. Yep

several a day

[supernova]

9. Hi flakey_foont!

:hi: It was good to meet you on Saturday. :-)

[flakey_foont]

11. Thanks

yes, it was a nice gathering...hope to get to see you all again soon

[DrDebug]

10. Most people are

It's a huge virus outbreak and it's spreading fast. So don't open those German spams either!