E-mail Worm

[fubz]

I keep getting an email from some guy, and i keep deleting it, my anti-virus detects it as a worm. I get the e-mail 40-50 times a day and have no idea how to block it. I tried adding it to the junk list but that doesn't work. I'm using Thunderbird.

Help!

Thank you.

[MrBill]

I keep getting an email from some guy, and i keep deleting it, my anti-virus detects it as a worm. I get the e-mail 40-50 times a day and have no idea how to block it. I tried adding it to the junk list but that doesn't work. I'm using Thunderbird.

Help!

Thank you.

1. Open Thunderbird

2. From the Menu Bar, select Tools.

3. Select Message Filters.

4. Click.

5. Assign a name to your message rule (filter). Suggestion: Not in

Address Book.

6. Select the bullet beside Match any of the following.

7. Click the down arrow in the Subject box and change the setting to

Sender.

8. Click the down arrow in the Contains box and change the setting to

isn’t in my address book.

9. Under Perform these actions, click on Move to folder.

10. On the right side of the Move to folder row, click New Folder.

11. Type the name of your new folder. Suggestion: Possible Spam. It

must be created as a subfolder of the Inbox. It can be dragged to a

new location later.

12. Click OK.

13. Highlight the filter name that you just created.

14. Confirm that Run selected filter(s) on is set for Inbox.

15. Click Run now.

16. Close the Message Filter dialog box.

[martymas]

thanks bill

i thought thunderbird was fool proof

marty

[martymas]

thanks bill i did all that

is it ok to delete from the server

im learner more about TBird all the time

i find im not using OE as much tho it is my default

email client

thanks again

marty

[KeithLDick]

I keep getting an email from some guy, and i keep deleting it, my anti-virus detects it as a worm. I get the e-mail 40-50 times a day and have no idea how to block it. I tried adding it to the junk list but that doesn't work. I'm using Thunderbird.

Help!

Thank you.

You might want to update all your Anti-Virus/Spyware utilities and turn off *Restore* in Windows and run all the scans in safe mode just to be a little more sure... Then turn restore back on...

Marty, You should know nothing in this world is *Fool Proof*... hehehe

[Pete_C]

DANGER DANGER WILL ROBINSON.

It is very dangerous to ever add "delete from server" to a message filter rule in an email client. This is because to run the filter the message must first be downloaded. This type of rule "CAN" cause your email client to lock up and refuse to open.

If you wish to delete from server prior to downloading; you need to use something like mail washer.

Doesn't your antivirus detect this worm? Change the setting to clean and tell me to "Delete automatically" and "no notice"