Re: strange e-mails every day from Microsoft
From: Keith W. McCammon (km_at_km.com)
Date: 09/10/03
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:03:44 -0400
> I am trying to find a way to contact Microsoft directly
> about an e-mail that is coming, supposedly, from Microsoft
> with the subject "Use this patch immediately!" I am very
> worried that they are viruses. I delete them
> immediately. I got another one this morning. It's about
> my 7th one.
>
> I have been searching for a way to let Microsoft know
> about this, to see if it really them sending me this
> patch. And if they aren't, then they should know that
> someone is sending their customers e-mail with attachments
> in their name.
If you've been searching, then you should have come across this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/
...which leads to this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/home/
...which has a blatant link stating that MS never distributes patches in
this manner.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp
A Google search for anything like "microsoft patch e-mail" would have
yielded similar results:
http://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+patch+e%2Dmail
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