kitsch1
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posted on January 6, 2001 06:05:34 PM new
I just got an email that I highlighted to delete and it immediately opened a window that covered my entire desktop with some form they think I'm STUPID enough to fill out. I had to ctrl alt delete to get it off my screen.
Who do you forward this kind of thing to? [email protected]????
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kitsch1
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posted on January 6, 2001 08:30:19 PM new
Well I wanted to delete it from my delete items folder and it opened twice before I could get the damn thing gone. I wonder about a worm or something. I've never had an email do that before and I didnt think they could!
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xardon
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posted on January 6, 2001 10:42:10 PM new
I got it too, kel. It was foisting some currency trading deal. I dumped it pronto!
There was a close window button at the bottom of the page. Never saw one like that before. I hope it's not a new trend.
I can't believe they'd do it if it weren't profitable, but I can't see how spammers really make money on such things. It just pissed me off.
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mybiddness
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posted on January 6, 2001 10:58:39 PM new
I haven't seen that one yet. I'm with xardon though - that kind of spam would pish me off so much I wouldn't do business with them even if it was something I wanted.
Not paranoid anywhere else but here!
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gravid
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posted on January 7, 2001 06:43:35 AM new
This sounds very similar to what I had happen a couple months ago. I used a search engine to look for big and tall clothing and one of the items that came up was a porno site when I clicked on it. I clicked on the close button at top right but new windows kept opening faster than I could close them until my computer froze up and I had to turn the power off. Ctrl-alt-del would not work.
The AW people here told me that it is Java scripts that allow them to do this but I did not know you could do them in e-mail. Why wopuld they think that is going to sell anything to anyone?
I read my e-mail in Netscape and as soon as you click on a message it is displayed in the window. It does not give you a chance to delete it before it opens it. Is there some way to change that?
[ edited by gravid on Jan 7, 2001 06:45 AM ]
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Muriel
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posted on January 7, 2001 08:22:46 AM new
We keep getting a spam selling some type of Viagra-type herbal supplement guaranteed to boost one's libido and ability to fulfil such libido. We've gotten it twice now, from different senders. I guess someone must think eBayers have low libido. 
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toke
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posted on January 7, 2001 09:07:15 AM new
I was fishing around and found this neat link on the NONAGS site...looks good. This little goodie is supposed to kill the sites with a gazillion windows that won't stop...dunno if it will work for a weird email like you mentioned, Kel, but it's worth a try.
BTW, this site was recommended to me by abacaxi and is absolutely terrific...
http://nonags.sully.net/index.html (click on the *read more* link)
[ edited by toke on Jan 7, 2001 09:13 AM ]
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on January 7, 2001 09:11:27 AM new
The address for Spamcop is http://www.spamcop.net
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kitsch1
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posted on January 7, 2001 09:11:28 AM new
Well I got the ip addy and did a traceroute and then did a lookup and found the email addy for the owner in Iceland and then I reported it and then I sent them an email.
This one really pissed me off. I bet ya could tell. 
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kitsch1
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posted on January 7, 2001 09:12:24 AM new
I have reported you for the intrusive spam email you sent me. The one that
opened a window on my desktop with a java script. If I receive anymore spam
email from you, I will post complaints on every spamcop website that I can
find and notify any and all authorities concerned with this type of
unsolicited intrusive spam email.
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codasaurus
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posted on January 7, 2001 09:12:53 AM new
Hello Kitsch1,
Yep. I was extremely POed about that one.
If I get it again I will invoke my SPAM scorched earth procedures. 
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gravid
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posted on January 7, 2001 09:20:09 AM new
Uh-Oh That sounds ugly. I suppose we will read about that in the paper if it becomes neccesary.
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