Re: ** WARNING ** DANGEROUS E-Mail

From: Barry Margolin (barry.margolin@level3.com)
Date: 04/10/03 

From: Barry Margolin <barry.margolin@level3.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:46:15 GMT

In article <cee672a2.0304092034.1e1f7889@posting.google.com>,
*** <apexx@softhome.net> wrote:
>I've received several copies of this type of bogus emails from
>"microsoft". Below please find a copy of the latest I've received -
>sans the attachments, of course !

I get at least 10 of them a day. Unfortunately, whatever virus it is that
sends these out does not want to stick with a consistent subject line. I
get "Network Security Update", "Microsoft Update", "Microsoft Security
Patch", and also weird things like "watch the patch from Microsoft". 

-- 
Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com
Genuity Managed Services, a Level(3) Company, Woburn, MA
*** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups.
Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: email from Microsoft - security patch
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  • Re: email from Microsoft - security patch
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  • Re: Virus causing email flood
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  • *RED* ALERT
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  • Re: ** WARNING ** DANGEROUS E-Mail
    ... >sans the attachments, of course! ... get "Network Security Update", "Microsoft Update", "Microsoft Security ... Patch", and also weird things like "watch the patch from Microsoft". ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)