Re: Constant notices from Microsoft about security updates
From: Robert Lawrence (r.lawrence@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 04/19/03
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From: Robert Lawrence <r.lawrence@worldnet.att.net> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 04:26:00 GMT
The notices are popping up like a speech balloon from my system tray.
Robert Lawrence
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:16:29 GMT, alun@texis.com (Alun Jones) wrote:
>In article <sb3r9vo2q8af41dcco55o1a3ds8f1jmg0o@4ax.com>, Robert Lawrence
><r.lawrence@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>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?
>
>Are these notices coming through email, or just popping up like a speech
>balloon from your system tray?
>
>If they're coming through email, then delete them - the "security update" is a
>virus. Microsoft doesn't distribute security updates through email (partly,
>because they'd be mistaken for viruses!)
>
>If they're popping up like a speech balloon, then this is the automatic update
>feature built into Windows.
>
>Which are you seeing, or is it something different?
>
>Alun.
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