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English help boards: Computer Security: Topic started by: Red5 on 10.11.06, 12:48:28
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Title: I get chinese emails! Is that a virus? Can I open them?
Post by: Red5 on 10.11.06, 12:48:28
Lately, I get more and more emails with chinese looking characters. Is that a virus or Spam? I just always deleted it, but is that enough? I use Thunderbird on Windows XP...

I here copied a part of a mail that had no attachment:


突然のメールで失礼致します。

今回は広告費のみで収入を得ている大人の出会いの場を紹介します。
当然全てのコンテンツを無料で利用出来るので安心です。
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Thanks!
Red5



Title: Re: I get chinese emails! Is that a virus? Can I open them?
Post by: Michi X on 10.11.06, 13:51:14
Hi Red,

if there is no attachment, (http://www.computerhilfen.de/fachbegriffe-a-Attachment.html) it looks more like spam (http://www.computerhilfen.de/fachbegriffe-s-SPAM.html) instead of a virus. (http://www.computerhilfen.de/fachbegriffe-v-Virus.html) Just make sure that you don't click on the links or load the images in the mail - if there are any: Thunderbird normally doesn't load them, until you click a button. And keep your anti-virus software (http://www.computerhilfen.de/fachbegriffe-s-Software.html) up to date! :)



Title: Re: I get chinese emails! Is that a virus? Can I open them?
Post by: O-Two on 14.11.06, 17:09:04
I think, this isn't a virus, (http://www.computerhilfen.de/fachbegriffe-v-Virus.html) too. I've got Babylon, a translator for many of laguages and so I installed the chinese to english dictionary exclusive for you ;) I could decode some fragments of the text. Probably it deals with a "naughty" link and much of stuff you can get. But you have to be adult, to get access. At least I understood the message in this way. So it shouldn't be anything of importance. Ignore it and at best block the despatcher.
If it doesn't work, it's easy, too, to create an orderer in your email program and assign a rule that the messages of this despatcher (or also some additional) transfers into this "Junk" orderer.



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