Weird MS Technical Services Email

From: Steve (steve_at_eventlogik.com)
Date: 09/18/03 

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:06:52 -0700

I just received an email, supposedly from MS with a
randomly generated email address outside the MS domain
(pdobdhoqlc_snmc@news.net)

Am I being overly paranoid?

The body of the email follows. It implies that the update
is included and there was an attachment but outlook is
blocking it. I would think that MS would send this as
either a link or at least a zip file due to security
restrictions that are DEFAULT in Outlook. Is this an
oxymoron or what?

Microsoft Consumer

this is the latest version of security update,
the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which
resolves all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS
Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as
well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install
now to protect your computer from these vulnerabilities,
the most serious of which could allow an attacker to run
executable on your computer. This update includes the
functionality of all previously released patches.

 System requirements Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
 This update applies to MS Internet Explorer, version
4.01 and later
MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
 Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the
earliest opportunity.
 How to install Run attached file. Choose Yes on
displayed dialog box.
 How to use You don't need to do anything after
installing this item.

Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base
articles can be found on the Microsoft Technical Support
web site. For security-related information about
Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
Advisor web site, or Contact Us.

Thank you for using Microsoft products.

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