for the last two weeks I have been getting on average about 50 e-mails per day with attachments claiming to be from microsoft, advertising patches etc. I know they are hoaxes, but how do I stop them
It is hard but if they come from the same address eg domain.com you can create a rule in Outlook and Outlook Express that permanently deletes all mail from [email protected] (in fact in Outlook Express you can create a rule that will not download any mail from [email protected]).
I obviously agree with j2buttonsw.
I'm just glad that you have the sense not to open these emails although, even though I was well aware of this virus I still questioned it when it arrived in my email!!!!! And yes, I am embarassed!