Re: Use this patch immediately

From: eddie (nobody_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 10/22/03


Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:11:07 -0400

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:27:53 -0700, Snowprint wrote:

> I get regular e-mails telling us to use this patch immediately that appear
> to be posted from microsoft corp. when I attempt to download the patch we
> get a security warning "Authenticode not found". IF I go to microsoft.com
> to download their latest security patch I get the same message. What
> shouold I do? Are these security patches really needed?

No patches come in email from anyone. Anyone who executes any software in
an email is asking to become another zombie.
This is common knowledge which has been around for months. No wonder there
are nearly 1,000,000 zombies out there spewing spam and virii.
Isn't anyone paying attention to anything?



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