Re: Virus or Real Patch from Microsoft (before I download it!!)

From: Jason (Jason_at_beer.it.does.the.body.good)
Date: 09/18/03 

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:52:34 -0300

* Jeff Mattero <JMattero@erols.com>:
> I got the following e-mail message from MS. this morning.
> I am a little suspicious since it truly seems to come from
> MS (according to the Truste link, and everything else I
> can find on the page. I have Norton AV installed an always
> runnung in the background, but my subscription has expired
> and I am afraid this may be something new. Any help/advice
> would be greatly appreciated. Here is what I received, and
> there is an attached file at the bottom
> named "q399242.exe" at the bottom. I am NOT sending that
> attachment, since I don't want to give the virus, if it is
> one, to this newsgroup. I don't know if that is possible,
> but I don't wish to take any chances.

Jeff scroll down or do a search you'll see that this gets asked multiple
times a day. So often in fact that folks are posting replys to it before
it gets asked to try to cut down on it.

The only virus you'll get from ms is the over priced one you bought.
They don't send out patches only the notification that there is one.

Jason