Re: Microsoft patches
From: Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\) (larry_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/20/03
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:21:00 -0400
swen and automat.ahb are the same worm
-- 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 "Chris" <cstearns@gigabytex.com> wrote in message news:124901c37ef3$e35afe90$a001280a@phx.gbl... > I received 2 of these today... > > Norton AntiVirus software found it to be "Worm.Automat.AHB" > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Greetings -- > > > > What you received is either a very common malicious > hoax or the > >output of a computer infected by one of several well- > known, > >wide-spread, mass emailing worms. The most widely-known > are: > > > >W32.Gibe_mm > >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3 > 2.gibe@mm.html > > > >W32.Dumaru_mm > >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3 > 2.dumaru@mm.html > > > >W32.Swen.A_mm > >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3 > 2.swen.a@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 > > > >-- > >Help us help you: > >http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > >You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever > count on > >having both at once. -- RAH > > > > > >"JohnBoy" <jintag@email.com> wrote in message > >news:101401c37ee1$50c90ac0$a001280a@phx.gbl... > >> I get emails from microsoft that contain security upgrad > >> patches called: upgrade.exe, Patch58.exe, Patch849.exe > and > >> upgrade26.exe. Are these legit or is this a virus? > >> > >> > > > > > >. > >
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