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Has anyone been getting e-mails with so-called 'e-greetings' from a fellow classmate?

  • Lately, I have been getting numerous e-mails with hyperlinks to a so-called 'e-greetings froma fellow classmate or friend'. Each of these has a hyperlink to what seems to be a greeting card website. Each of these that I've looked at have also had Trojan downloaders attached to the links, so I have not opened any links after that. Has anyone else been getting these e-mails? They go into my spam directory automatically now, but were not before. Has anyone had anyway of stopping these e-mails besides filtering and blocking through Yahoo?

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    No, there is no way of stopping them except putting each one in your spam box. But remember, that every time you open and "look" at one of these, you are triggering a response to the spammer that there is a real, live email address there. That info is gathered and sold to more spammers. DON'T OPEN THIS JUNK, PUT IT IN SPAM!!!

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Yes, they are one of the tricks virus/malware writers use to infect your system.

HeyRube

Sure I get my share of the suspicious messages, but had to delete them due to viruses and other items that can harm a computer.

brian 2010

Pretty nearly everyone is getting them. Just delete them if any of them happen to make it through the spam filter.

Navigator

Yes, a lot. Also offers for free $5OO.OO gift certificates to Kmart, WalMart, etc. Lots of email for watches also. I may change to another acount name soon the spam is so bad.

n0witrytobeamused

I spam or delete them. Don't open them they are one at a time sends.

The Mr. Pine

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