Re: Q191513 - If you read NOTHING else, please read this.

From: Ryan Ware (user@anydomain.com)
Date: 02/27/03 

From: "Ryan Ware" <user@anydomain.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:25:08 -0600

Sounds like if you only see one movie this year...

More people preying on the ignorant. How nice.

"Curtis Anderson" <nedfla@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OmqQ#Sh3CHA.1804@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I received an email today. It purported to be from "MS Network Public
> Services" and contained an executable attachment, Q191513.EXE.
>
> IF YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE DISREGARD IT AND DELETE IT.
>
> Microsoft does NOT and NEVER HAS emailed "fixes" to its customers. This
is
> a new virus/trojan/worm, and my Norton AV, with sig files date 02/24/2003
> does NOT show it a being malicious. I'm not stupid enough to run it so
> there is a *faint* possibility it's legitimate, except the address
> "MS Network Public Services"
> has an email address of
> zcysfqoqfx-dsdilhbo@nmhHDlowAj.net
>
> Decidely non-Microsoft :-)
>
> PLEASE delete this email if you receive it. I've sent a copy to
Symantec's
> SARC Centre but haven't yet heard back. I doubt the result will be
> favourable....
> I just want to give a "heads-up" to anyone out there that may have also
> received it.
>
>
>
> The message body reads like so:
>
> Microsoft Corporation Partner
>
> this is the latest version of security update, the
> "February 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates
> all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer,
> Outlook and Outlook Express as well as five newly
> discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your computer
> from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow
> an attacker to run executable on your system. This update includes
> the functionality of all previously released patches.
>
> They show an HTML table here. May or may not display, depending on your
> email client.
>
> Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base articles
> can be found on the Microsoft Technical Support web site.
> For security-related information about Microsoft products, please
> visit the Microsoft Security Advisor web site, or Contact us.
>
> Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored
> e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies.
>
> Thank you for using Microsoft products.
>
> With friendly greetings,
> MS Network Public Services
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

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> companies
> and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective
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>
>

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