Re: download security patch
From: Lance (lltbhill_at_linkearth.net)
Date: 05/20/04
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:58:20 -0700
Eleonore thought carefully and wrote On 5/19/2004 5:36 PM:
> Hi, has anyone else received a download from Microsoft
> called "installation48.exe" May 2004 Cumulative patch?
> I am leary of this , fear of virus with a 'exe' extention.
> The website looks like Microsoft, but like with e-bay, it
> also looked legit and was bogus and carrying a
> virus.Thanks,Eleonore
You're smart to be alert like that. I just got one. It contains the
Swen.A virus.
Microsoft NEVER sends updates to users:
"Unfortunately, malicious individuals have been known to send bogus
bulletins that appear to be coming from Microsoft, a tactic known as
spoofing. Some of these messages lure recipients to malicious websites
to download malicious code, while others include a file attachment
containing a virus."
More details (and a picture) here:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.asp
Lance
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