Re: I receive an email from MS today....

From: Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\) (larry_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/20/03 

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:34:45 -0400

Microsoft never sends unsolicited files by email.
DO NOT open the file--it is NOT from MS.
REPEAT:Microsoft NEVER sends unsolicited files by email.

It is a virus masquerading as MS security.
The most recent is W32/Swen@MM which can be removed with Stinger
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

The others circulating are dumaru.b
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dumaru.b@mm.html
or a variant of the gibe worm.
Removal tool for gibe is at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.gibe@mm.removal.tool.html 

-- 
Larry Samuels MS-MVP  (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Mitch S." <yodafreak@email.com> wrote in message
news:8f2b01c37f16$ae990da0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> with an update attached.  Can somebody confirm this is
> really Microsoft?  I've NEVER received and update via
> email before.  Ever.
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