MICROSOFT EMAIL

[LLOYD MILLER]

AFTER POSTING A QUESTION IN ANOTHER MS GROUP A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO, I'M NOW RECEIVING MANY EMAILS SUPPOSEDLY FROM
MICROSOFT THAT CONTAIN ATTACHMENTS. ACCORDING TO THE MS
SECURITY PAGE, ANY MS EMAIL THAT HAS AN ATTACHMENT IS
BOGUS AND MAY HAVE A VIRUS. I HAVE BEEN DELETING ALL MS
EMAILS AS A PRECAUTION UNTIL SOMEONE CAN TELL ME HOW TO
RECOGNIZE A VALID EMAIL.

 

[Nicholas]

A devious imposter is "spoofing" Microsoft and attempting to deceive you
into installing a malicious VIRUS in your computer! Delete the VIRUS
laden message immediately!

Microsoft never sends file attachments with email messages!

Please take a moment to read the following articles:

Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin E-mails
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp

How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.asp

How to Trim the "Spam" from Your E-Mail Diet
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spam.asp


--
Nicholas

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| AFTER POSTING A QUESTION IN ANOTHER MS GROUP A COUPLE OF
| DAYS AGO, I'M NOW RECEIVING MANY EMAILS SUPPOSEDLY FROM
| MICROSOFT THAT CONTAIN ATTACHMENTS. ACCORDING TO THE MS
| SECURITY PAGE, ANY MS EMAIL THAT HAS AN ATTACHMENT IS
| BOGUS AND MAY HAVE A VIRUS. I HAVE BEEN DELETING ALL MS
| EMAILS AS A PRECAUTION UNTIL SOMEONE CAN TELL ME HOW TO
| RECOGNIZE A VALID EMAIL.

 

[Rickoshay]

Hi Lloyd,
Probably not a very good idea to use your real email address when using the
newsgroup sites and the Caps key seems to be stuck on your keyboard.

Cheers,

RickO'Shay.