Re: "Use this patch immediately!"
From: mouseyface (micedonotspam_at_no.spam)
Date: 09/06/03
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Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 03:45:58 -0400
With all the information going out "Not To Open Attachments" unless you are
Expecting them from someone you know and, even then, verify that it IS from
them, I am surprised at so many people Still opening these attachments.
Frankly, I have my email set up to delete any email with attachments. If
friends or family want to show me something, they can snail mail it to me.
I have never missed anything important, yet.
"Judy" <zamoraj@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:302b01c373e5$4923e4e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> 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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