bruce? Re: Virus in "security@microsoft.com" spam

From: robert (robert_at_iwon.com)
Date: 09/13/03 

Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:32:38 -0700

are the patches in notification emails the same ones i
would get using update from help/support window on my
computer every wednesday evening.?
thanks
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>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> What you received is either a very common malicious
hoax or the
>output of a computer infected by one of several wide-
spread, mass
>emailing worms. The two most widely-known are:
>
>W32.Gibe_mm
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w
32.gibe@mm.html
>
>W32.Dumaru_mm
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w
32.dumaru@mm.html
>
> Microsoft never has, does not currently, and never
will email
>unsolicited security patches. At the most, if, and only
if, you
>subscribe to their security notification newsletter,
they will send
>you an email informing you that a new patch is available
for
>downloading.
>
>Microsoft Policies on Software Distribution
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?
url=/technet/security/policy/swdist.asp
>
>Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin Emails
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp
>
> Any and all legitimate patches and updates are
readily available
>at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/. (Notice that
this is the true
>URL, rather than the bogus one that may have been
contained in the
>email you received.) Any messages that point to any
other source(s) or
>claim to have the patch attached are bogus.
>
>Bruce Chambers
>
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>
>
>"Kevin" <kcloniger@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:057601c379a2$6733d9a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> I got a virus in an email from
>> sender "security@microsoft.com". Would you like me to
>> forward it to someone there? Norton deleted the actual
>> file.
>
>
>.
>