E-Mail received - Anyone Else affected?????

From: Deb (deb0822_at_cs.com)
Date: 05/13/03


Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 19:50:27 -0700


Received the following e-mail:

Subj: Windows Update Notification
Date: 5/12/2003 7:29:12 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: windowsupdate@windowsupdatenow.com
Received from Internet: click here for more information

WINDOWS SECURITY WARNING!!

A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED ON YOUR COMPUTER. IN ORDER FOR
YOUR COMPUTER
NOT TO CRASH YOU WILL NEED TO GO TO:

http://WWW.WINDOWSUPDATENOW.COM

AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE YOUR COMPUTERS SECURITY
PATCHES.

Subj: Windows Update Notification
Date: 5/12/2003 7:29:12 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: windowsupdate@windowsupdatenow.com
Received from Internet: click here for more information

WINDOWS SECURITY WARNING!!

A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED ON YOUR COMPUTER. IN ORDER FOR
YOUR COMPUTER
NOT TO CRASH YOU WILL NEED TO GO TO:

http://WWW.WINDOWSUPDATENOW.COM

AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE YOUR COMPUTERS SECURITY
PATCHES.

SIMPLY TYPE IN http://WWW.WINDOWSUPDATENOW.COM INTO YOUR
BROWSER. OTHERWISE
YOU WILL KEEP RECEIVING THIS SECURITY ALERT EMAIL EVERY DAY.

Thought this was pretty interesting. Anyone else getting it?
Deb
deb0822@cs.com



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