Re: Installation of patch
From: Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\) (larry_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/13/03
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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:00:28 -0400
Microsoft never sends unsolicited files by email.
DO NOT open the file--it is NOT from MS.
REPEAT:Microsoft NEVER sends unsolicited files by email.
It is a virus masquerading as MS security.
The current one circulating is dumaru.b
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dumaru.b@mm.html
or a variant of the gibe worm.
Removal tool for gibe is at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.gibe@mm.removal.tool.html
If by chance you did open the file:
>From a post by Bill Sanderson MVP:
Here's where to get the removal tool:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dumaru@mm.removal.tool.html
Read the instructions completely, paying particular attention to the part
about System Restore on XP and Me.
-- Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User) Associate Expert Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Randy Winemiller" <pa58musicman@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:029301c379f5$9687daa0$a001280a@phx.gbl... > An e-mail was sent from Microsoft<security@microsoft.com > reading: > Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now! > There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! > More than 500.000 already infected! > As there was a misspelled word, I scanned it first and > found it had W32 Dumaru@mm on it. I thought you ought to > know they are sending it out in your name so as to alert > others before downloading. > >
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