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Frank Wendling
I received this security support email from Microsoft
twice in recent days. I didn't open it but went to the
Microsoft web site looking for the "September 2003,
Cumulative Patch" update but didn't find it. This is the
message I received.
"MS Customer
this is the latest version of security update,
the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes
all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet
Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as
three new vulnerabilities. Install now to continue
keeping your computer secure 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."
Is this message legitimate? How do I find the patch?
On another subject addressed earlier on this board by
Tommy's question. I, too, have been receiving strange
emails in my hotmail account ( about 144kb-156kb in size)
regarding emails that were undeliverable, a couple from
the Postmaster. Since I had sent some emails recently I
opened these to see what the problem was. The message
was something to the effect " Sorry, we have not been
able to deliver the email to the following address ...,
Which had nothing to do with the emails that I sent out.
I immediately deleted these emails and scanned my
computer and the C drive for virus. PABear thought
Tommy's messages might be a Trojan virus-laden
message "This is the first I've seen of Trojan virus-
laden messages arriving in a Hotmail account, Tommy.
Usually the Hotmail server-side scanners catch and delete
them." No viruses were found on my computer. Any other
thoughts about what these messages are and why they are
getting through hotmail's check system?
Frank
twice in recent days. I didn't open it but went to the
Microsoft web site looking for the "September 2003,
Cumulative Patch" update but didn't find it. This is the
message I received.
"MS Customer
this is the latest version of security update,
the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes
all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet
Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as
three new vulnerabilities. Install now to continue
keeping your computer secure 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."
Is this message legitimate? How do I find the patch?
On another subject addressed earlier on this board by
Tommy's question. I, too, have been receiving strange
emails in my hotmail account ( about 144kb-156kb in size)
regarding emails that were undeliverable, a couple from
the Postmaster. Since I had sent some emails recently I
opened these to see what the problem was. The message
was something to the effect " Sorry, we have not been
able to deliver the email to the following address ...,
Which had nothing to do with the emails that I sent out.
I immediately deleted these emails and scanned my
computer and the C drive for virus. PABear thought
Tommy's messages might be a Trojan virus-laden
message "This is the first I've seen of Trojan virus-
laden messages arriving in a Hotmail account, Tommy.
Usually the Hotmail server-side scanners catch and delete
them." No viruses were found on my computer. Any other
thoughts about what these messages are and why they are
getting through hotmail's check system?
Frank