Re: Fake Security Messages

From: Alan (ralsky_at_gordontower.com)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:26:02 -0800

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:29:15 -0800, "Allen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have been swamped for the past several months with fake
>messages from "MS Security" with attachments that are
>allegedly patches to improve my security. I delete them
>and then go to the deleted folder and delete tham again.
>But why can't Microsoft find and prosecute these people
>and why hasn't Microsoft asked the public to help them by
>send inforation on these messages? Is there nothing that
>can be done??

They're not coming from Micro***, they're coming from personal computers infected by Swen worm. Micro*** doesn't care. You have
to report them to the sender by notifying their ISP that they have infected customer workstations.

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