Re: Spam & Junk email - what to do?

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote in message
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> > "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > > On Outlook Express you can setup an email rule that will send all
> messages
> > > with attachments to the deleted folder. However if you use an auto
virus
> > > detection, these will be hard to empty out as it will keep finding it
> and
> > > opening
> > > up dialog boxes.
> >
> > Norton AV can be configured to delete an infected attachment without
> > requesting anything from the user (i.e., no dialog boxes).
>
> AVG can too, but apparently this I-Worm is not detectable
> until it is run.


This is not true for Norton at least.

It detects the worm-infected attachments I have received (Worm.Automat.AHB)
without requiring execution.  It just removes the attachment and deletes it.

Unfortunately I am receiving hundreds of these so the download time becomes
the issue.