Re: duplicate reminders from Microsoft

From: andy smart (anonymus_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/11/04


Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:08:43 +0100


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Bruce Berg wrote:
| Microsoft automatically sends me reminders to download a new security
| patch for IE6. Recently, these reminders are for patches which I have
| already download.
| How do I stop the duplicate reminders?
| Bruce
Err, MS don't often send out reminders as such - how are you recieving
them? A common malware trick is to send out very well crafted emails
'from' MS asking you to download stuff.
http://www.wistechnology.com/article.php?id=259
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