Re: email security patch

From: Ryan D Johnson [MS] (rjohnson_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/30/03 

Date: 30 Apr 2003 13:06:38 -0700

"John" <jwhite@dasilvagroup.com> writes:

> I received this .am an email from a Simone Pace suggesting
> I open an "exe" attachment to repair vulnerabilities in
> IE6 & Outlook Express.I had already done so a week ago on
> the Microsoft Update website. I checked this .am to see if
> there were any new updates for my W98 and found there were
> none. I am questioning the validity of the email from
> Simone Pace as it was also sent to several other people.

Microsoft never distributes security patches via email attachments. 

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