Legitimate email??????
From: Oregon (couoh@open.org)
Date: 04/01/03
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From: "Oregon" <couoh@open.org> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:04:42 -0800
I received the same E-mail and had the same question. I
didn't act on the E-mail until today, and when I tried to
open the attachment, I got a security alert, stating, "The
object to be verified is unknown to the trust provider."
That to me was a clue that this might be a hoax, so I
checked on the Microsoft website and was happy to see your
message and the response to DELETE IT NOW! Which I did.
I hope others also questioned it and deleted.
>-----Original Message-----
> This past Saturday, March 29th at 12pm I received an
>email that I need to know if its legitimate or not. The
>email header reads that its from: "MS Internet Customer
>Support<byapioyvw26326@FIQUKPFRJV.com>". The email
header
>also reads that it was sent to: "Microsoft Customer".
The
>subject reads: "New Microsoft Security Update".
> The body of the text reads "this is the latest version
>of security update, the "March 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."
> Lastly, there is an attachment called "update
>147.exe". With all this in mind, is this a legitimate
>email in which I should download or is it spam mail?
> I'm running a dell latitude laptop with Windows
>2000. Also I noticed that the Microsoft Product Support
>Services website has documents pertaining to Service
>Paks...are these free to download for anyone? Thank you
>in advance. Mar
>
>.
>
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