Re: "Use this patch immediately!"

From: robreeve (robreeve_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/06/03 

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 18:44:52 -0700

Oh Ok sorry. I guess that's why you felt you could just go ahead and
blithely execute an unknown attachment. I apologise.. the entire tone of
your message suggested a very naive user, and I jumped to conclusions.
Friday late afternoon stresses out by work madness...
"Judy" <zamoraj@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:23b201c373ea$085c15e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Rob - I've subscribed to Symantec's Norton Antivirus
> software for years, and constantly update it whenever I'm
> notified of new updates.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Oh man! Here we go again!
> >MS NEVER SENDS PATCHES VIA EMAIL
> >IT was a virus.. unfortunately, just putting in the
> >previous patches doesn't stop you from getting viruses..
> >it just stops the MSBlaster worm. There are thousands
> >upun thousands of viruses you can still get!!!!
> >Go to mcafee.com or symantec.com and run an online scan,
> >since you STILL havn't figured out you need to be running
> >antivirus software. Then come back and tell us what you
> >have, so we can help you fix it.
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I just received the following email which appears to
> have
> >>come directly from Microsoft with the following Subject
> >>Line:
> >>"Use this patch immediately!"
> >>
> >>The sender is reflected as:
> >>"Microsoft" <security@microsoft.com>
> >>
> >>Word for word, the message reads as:
> >>"Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
> >>There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
> >>More than 500.000 already infected!"
> >>
> >>The attachment is described as:
> >>Name: patch.exe
> >>Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
> >>Encoding: base64
> >>
> >>On receiving it, I did try to open the attachment and
> >>nothing happened. Then the thought occurred to me that
> >>this might be a fraudulent email with an attached
> virus.
> >>Thankfully, my computer had the Patch #823980 previously
> >>installed.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

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