Re: Constant notices from Microsoft about security updates

From: Earl F. Parrish (efparri@nowhere.world)
Date: 04/17/03 

From: "Earl F. Parrish" <efparri@nowhere.world>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:37:43 GMT

"Robert Lawrence" <r.lawrence@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:sb3r9vo2q8af41dcco55o1a3ds8f1jmg0o@4ax.com...
> I am running Windows XP Home.
>
> I get notices from Microsoft, with a frequency that seems like
several
> times a week, urging me to install security updates for Windows
XP.
>
> Are others having the same experience?
>
> What am I supposed to do with these updates? I have no idea
whether
> to install them or not. Many of them take a long time to
download,
> and the download process at times seems to interfere with other
tasks
> that are running.
>
> Is this going to continue indefinitely, or is there an end in
sight?
>
> Robert Lawrence

Spammer are getting your email address from newsgroup messages. Do
not use a real email address in the headers or the bodies of
messages. You are a victim of the W32.Gibe.B@mm virus worm. Do not
install any updates purported to come from Microsoft via email
attachments. Microsoft does not send out updates via email
attachments. If you subscribe to the Microsoft Security Alert
Service, they will notify you by email of updates and direct you to
the URL to download them or to see whether they apply to you.

Your up-to-date antivirus program should have flagged those
messages. 

--
Earl F. Parrish

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