email from security@microsoft.com containing a virus

From: Rebecca Provost (raprovost_at_cogeco.ca)
Date: 09/23/03 

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:01:30 -0700

I just wanted to let someone know that I keep getting
email from the above address, with attachments that
contain a virus. The text of the email is

"Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
More than 500.000 already infected!"

I would have emailed someone at microsoft customer
support, but you need product ID and since im not emailing
about a product it is pretty much useless to me.

Relevant Pages

  • e mail
    ... The following attachments were ... >Internet Explorer patch now! ... There are dangerous virus ... I have been receiving the same crap from Microsoft. ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: e mail
    ... use this to stop the messages being downloaded from your mail server ... > infected with a virus or worm or contained another type ... The following attachments were ... > Internet Explorer patch now! ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Is This A Hoax?
    ... Windows update, but it doesn't send them as email ... attachments. ... The attachment is almost certainly a virus. ... use this Internet Explorer patch now! ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Microsoft patch
    ... Dear friend use, this Internet Explorer patch ... There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! ... its not safe to open and its not safe to use. ... downloading its updates on at least a weekly basis. ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • patch.exe
    ... >Dear friends, ... use this Internet Explorer patch ... >There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! ... >could not repair the file. ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)