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Keith Washington

Does Microsoft Ever Send critical updates through e-mail
ir is it another virus? I got onr with a Q225433.exe
attachment but I find it out of character for Microsoft
to send e-mail.My virus scanner caught 2 out of 3 which
made me wonder.Has anybody else recieved this?
 
no micorsoft does not send out critical updates through
emials and yes it is a virus. do not open the attachment
 
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!

The "proof" is Microsoft never sends file attachments with email messages!

Please take a moment to read the following article:

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


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Nicholas

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| Does Microsoft Ever Send critical updates through e-mail
| ir is it another virus? I got onr with a Q225433.exe
| attachment but I find it out of character for Microsoft
| to send e-mail.My virus scanner caught 2 out of 3 which
| made me wonder.Has anybody else recieved this?
 
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/[email protected]
or a variant of the gibe worm.
Removal tool for gibe is at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]


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Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
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