SpamNet coincidence? Anyone else?

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Bob S - 23 Sep 2004 07:01 GMT

I don't receive a lot of spam, but when I recently upgraded my Zone
Alarm firewall I took advantage of SpamNet's offer of one free year
thinking I'd give it a try.

It is very rare that I receive emails with viruses, but I received
*two today* after installing and activating SpamNet with my email
address. Norton Antivirus detected the viruses and SpamNet detected
the spam, so I was OK.

I understand this may be a coincidence, but it is very suspicious that
I suddenly get *two* infected emails today after activating SpamNet,
since this such a departure from my previous experience.

Anyone else?

Bob (SpamNet 3.0 on Outlook 2K SP3+ on W2K SP4+)

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Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 29 Sep 2004 22:25 GMT

do you post many messages using your real email address? Google shows you
do... and that will result in both spam and viruses...

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>I don't receive a lot of spam, but when I recently upgraded my Zone
> Alarm firewall I took advantage of SpamNet's offer of one free year
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> Bob (SpamNet 3.0 on Outlook 2K SP3+ on W2K SP4+)

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