Jun 26 2023 10:54 AM
I am using Outlook 2016 on Windows 10 x64. Today an appointment reminder popped from the Calendar to "learn girl secrets" from someone calling herself Sawyer Dodson.
Can someone tell me how that got on the Calendar? Has my machine been compromised? Is my AV insufficient? Something else I should know!
I absolutely do not click on stuff that I did not directly solicit - emails with that sort of thing are deleted and not viewed.
Thanks!!!
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Jun 27 2023 01:53 AM
If you received an unexpected or spam calendar appointment in Outlook, it could be the result of various factors. It is important to note that receiving such invitations does not necessarily mean your machine has been compromised, as calendar spam can happen to anyone. Here are a few possibilities for how it may have occurred:
To mitigate the issue and prevent further occurrences, you can take the following steps:
By following these steps, you can address the immediate issue and reduce the likelihood of future calendar spam. Additionally, maintaining good security practices such as keeping your software up to date, being cautious with email attachments, and regularly scanning your system for malware can help enhance your overall online security. The steps were processed using AI.
Hope this will help you.
Jan 15 2024 10:20 AM
It would be nice if this solution actually worked.
I have gone into settings and set it so that ALL calendar events are set to:
"Don't show event summaries in email or on my calendar"
However, if someone sends me SPAM with a calendar event, it does not show on my calendar anymore, but I still get spammed with notifications for events.
I have NOTHING on my calendar, so I should not get ANY event notifications, but almost email that is sent to me that is SPAM that is not filtered by the SPAM Filter (which is WAY more than ANY other email account I use, a primary reason outlook.com is no longer my main account), I get notified of a calendar event that is not on my calendar. It appears that there is more work needed in order to get this fixed.
Jan 15 2024 10:48 AM
Jan 15 2024 11:47 PM - edited Jan 15 2024 11:47 PM
In Outlook, if you are still receiving notifications for calendar events even after adjusting your settings, you may need to check a few additional configurations:
If you have followed these steps and all the previous ones and the problem still persists, I'm afraid I can't help because I'm at my wits' end. It could also be a bug or a persistent virus, whatever, you can contact Microsoft Support for further help.
Thank you for your understanding and patience
Feb 08 2024 01:23 PM
I've recently started getting spam invites and after several days of browsing posts, google searches, etc. I believe I found a way to stop them as it was a pain to delete them every day. I tried all the other Calendar settings choices via searches, etc.
1. Login to your Microsoft web email.
2. Click on the Settings gear in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
3. In the second column, click on Junk email.
4. At the bottom of the screen you will see a "Filters" section. I checked both boxes for:
a. Only trust email from addresses in my Safe senders and domains list and Safe Mailing lists.
b. Block attachments, pictures, and links from anyone not in my Safe senders and domains list.
It took me a while to update my Safe senders list, but it's been a couple days and I haven't had anymore spam invites added to my calendar. I save all my non spam emails and just had to right click on a message from each email address I did want to keep, and click "Never Block Sender". Otherwise you will need to add each one manually.
Hope this helps.
Feb 15 2024 06:58 AM
Did you find any easy fix? I do not want to block all calendar appointments because that is very inconvenient. Microsoft's email is my personal email service and I receive junk emails every other day that also add calendar events. It is annoying and Microsoft should fix it asap. It is so simple; if the message is marked as junk, remove it from calendar. Microsoft has been less consumer friendly lately.
My work emails are managed by google and I have not had this problem (I might not have received junk with calendar events though).
Feb 15 2024 07:59 AM
@Ajax_of_The_Rockies I don’t even have an option to delete these spam calendar notices. Just an “accept? Decline, or maybe”.
Feb 15 2024 08:01 AM
Feb 15 2024 08:10 AM
@Woodbine_mom Don’t RSVP the junk. I usually go to calendar in outlook.com and delete there.
Feb 15 2024 08:23 AM
Feb 17 2024 08:51 AM
on MS 365 - come on MS seems needs a a simple solution - if an email is filtered to junk or block DON'T let it post on invite on the Calendar
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