bogus or real???

[Guest]

Received the following email

" Dear Valued Customer!
At 0 : 08 Pacific Time on Thursday-January 29, 2004,
Microsoft began investigating reports of a variant of a new virus named "Novarg", known as Mydoom.A. This worm r reportedly denies access to some websites, including all Microsoft.com websites. The virus attempts to entice e- m mail recipients into opening a message with a file attached. If the attached file is opened, worm installs m alcious code on the computer user's system and sends itself to all contacts in the user's address book.

Please download the latest security update available from Microsoft.com website.
www.microsoft.com/downloads/

messageid926519813237
Windows Support Center. DANNETTE DAVAUL

(e-mail address removed)

Is this real or bogus? I tried to email senders identified in properties dialog but received return mail notifications.

Thanks

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Received the following email:

" Dear Valued Customer!
At 0 : 08 Pacific Time on Thursday-January 29, 2004,
Microsoft began investigating reports of a variant of a new
virus named "Novarg", known as Mydoom.A. This worm r
reportedly denies access to some websites, including all
Microsoft.com websites. The virus attempts to entice e- m mail
recipients into opening a message with a file attached. If the
attached file is opened, worm installs m alcious code on the
computer user's system and sends itself to all contacts in the user's
address book.

Please download the latest security update available from
Microsoft.com website.
www.microsoft.com/downloads/

messageid926519813237
Windows Support Center. DANNETTE DAVAULT

(e-mail address removed) "


Is this real or bogus?

It's bogus. If you click on the link, you're tranferred to a
different site.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

BOGUS.

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

[[Unfortunately, malicious individuals have been known to send bogus
bulletins that appear to be coming from Microsoft, a tactic known as
spoofing. Some of these messages lure recipients to malicious websites to
download malicious code, while others include a file attachment containing a
virus.]]

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[John Barnett - MVP]

I would say it is bogus. If you have simply copied and pasted the contents
of the email into this post, you only have to look at the way it is laid out
to see it is bogus.
If there were any attachments to this email on no account open them. I
suggest you simply delete the email.
Incidentally take a look at the email header, especially the return address.
You will probably find that the return address is some obscure email address
like @14563875.com or something similar.

 

[Malke]

Received the following email:

" Dear Valued Customer!
At 0 : 08 Pacific Time on Thursday-January 29, 2004,
Microsoft began investigating reports of a variant of a new
virus named "Novarg", known as Mydoom.A. This worm r
reportedly denies access to some websites, including all
Microsoft.com websites. The virus attempts to entice e- m
mail recipients into opening a message with a file
attached. If the attached file is opened, worm installs m
alcious code on the computer user's system and sends itself to
all contacts in the user's address book.

Please download the latest security update available from
Microsoft.com website. www.microsoft.com/downloads/

messageid926519813237
Windows Support Center. DANNETTE DAVAULT

(e-mail address removed) "


Is this real or bogus? I tried to email senders identified in
properties dialog but received return mail notifications.

Thanks

Bogus. Unless you've specifically signed up for a security alert
newsletter, MS and other reputable companies (like the antivirus
companies) never send out emails about updates. Those companies *never*
send out emails with attachments. Your best defense against viruses,
etc. is to 1) not open email attachments; 2) run a current (post-2002
version using updated definitions) antivirus program; 3) keep your
operating system current by regularly visiting Windows Update.

Malke

 

[CWatters]

It appears to be real but it doesn't matter. My policy is only ever to get
updates by manually typing in the microsoft URL (eg www.microsoft.com) to
visit their web rather than clicking on a URL someone has sent you. Better
yet use windows update (see control panel). It would be too easy to fake a
microsoft URL and web site. For example what do you make of this address
WWW.MICR0S0FT.COM

Received the following email:

" Dear Valued Customer!
At 0 : 08 Pacific Time on Thursday-January 29, 2004,
Microsoft began investigating reports of a variant of a new virus

named "Novarg", known as Mydoom.A. This worm r reportedly denies
access to some websites, including all Microsoft.com websites. The virus
attempts to entice e- m mail recipients into opening a message
with a file attached. If the attached file is opened, worm installs m
alcious code on the computer user's system and sends itself to all contacts
in the user's address book.

Please download the latest security update available from Microsoft.com website.
www.microsoft.com/downloads/

messageid926519813237
Windows Support Center. DANNETTE DAVAULT

(e-mail address removed) "


Is this real or bogus? I tried to email senders identified in properties

dialog but received return mail notifications.

 

[Tedd Riggs]

That's easy, you have Zeros in Microsoft.
That email is bogus, look at the message in HTML and the simple Windows URL
is a much longer thing then you are seeing.

 

[Richard Urban]

It a good address. It takes you to the Microsoft download center!

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Jack]

when were you born......

 

[Alex Nichol]

Received the following email:

" Dear Valued Customer!
At 0 : 08 Pacific Time on Thursday-January 29, 2004,
Microsoft began investigating reports of a variant of a new virus named "Novarg", known as Mydoom.A. This worm r reportedly denies access to some websites, including all Microsoft.com websites. The virus attempts to entice e- m mail recipients into opening a message with a file attached. If the attached file is opened, worm installs m alcious code on the computer user's system and sends itself to all contacts in the user's address book.

Please download the latest security update available from Microsoft.com website.
www.microsoft.com/downloads/

Bogus, and very plausible. The URL given, if you just click it, turns
out to be nothing to do with Microsoft, and had a nasty hidden there. I
understand that the site has been since closed. But if you get any
warnings, go direct to the Microsoft real site by typing into your
browser address pane

 

[Tedd Riggs]

Richard,
NO ! if you use the URL that is in the message you do not end up at the
download center at all, if you look at the URL in HTML, you can see it takes
you elsewhere.
You really go here ( I munged the beginning and the zero added so nobody
would click it)

ttp://www.micros0ft.c0m&/#1;%01%[email protected]/~cnnurgen/microsoft/downloa
ds/details.html