Re: "New Security Upgrade" emailed from MS Technical services

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 09/21/03 

Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:27:48 -0600

Bob;
Microsoft NEVER sends Email with attachments.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp
NEVER open a unexpected attachment.
Verify with sender before opening an attachment.

To protect the safety and security of your computer:
Install or enable a firewall IMMEDIATELY, before connecting to the
internet:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673

Install ALL Critical Updates IMMEDIATELY.
Start/All Programs/Windows Update

Install an antivirus application
Update it weekly
Run it at least weekly

Also see:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/security/home/
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/columns/security/5min/5min-105.asp 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html
"bob" <bmooneys@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:008d01c37ff2$daca4c90$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I got an email from "MS Technical Services" that was
> titled "New Security Upgrade" and contained an attachment
> titled "Patch 737.exe".  Thinking it was something akin
> to a Windows Critical Update, I opened the thing to load
> it and my Symantec program immediately issued me an alert
> that I am interpreting to mean that the Patch 737 was a
> virus thst I had just sucked into my system.  I am
> supposing that I just got duped and that this email did
> not originate from Microsoft.
>
> Any comments or suggestions?

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