E-mail purportedly from you

[Jouni Koponen]

The message says :
Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
More than 500.000 already infected!


internet headres
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
X-Original-To: (e-mail address removed)
Delivered-To: (e-mail address removed)
Received: from localhost (h24-108-140-33.gv.shawcable.net
[24.108.140.33])
by fep5.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8DC0C6ED
for <[email protected]>; Wed, 10 Sep 2003
13:08:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Microsoft" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Use this patch immediately !
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;boundary="xxxx"
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:08:48 -0400 (EDT)

It also includes an attachment.

Question. I s this from Microsoft? If so why the odd
message? If not , what is it?
Thanks Jouni

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jouni;
This has been around a short while.
The attachment is most likely a virus.
Delete the Email and attachment immediately.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/policy/swdist.asp

Microsoft sends security updates but NEVER with attachments.

On the rare occasion Microsoft sends a file, you would be expecting it
in advance and know exactly what it is.

Install an antivirus application.
Update your antivirus weekly.
Run it weekly.
Install or enable a firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673

 

[Kevin]

This is indeed a virus. Check NAI.Com for more
information. See W32.Dumaru virus

 

[David]

The message says :
Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
More than 500.000 already infected!


internet headres
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
X-Original-To: (e-mail address removed)
Delivered-To: (e-mail address removed)
Received: from localhost (h24-108-140-33.gv.shawcable.net
[24.108.140.33])
by fep5.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8DC0C6ED
for <[email protected]>; Wed, 10 Sep 2003
13:08:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Microsoft" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Use this patch immediately !
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;boundary="xxxx"
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:08:48 -0400 (EDT)

It also includes an attachment.

Question. I s this from Microsoft? If so why the odd
message? If not , what is it?
Thanks Jouni

This sis a virus. Delete it and set up message rules to ignore any in
the future. Microsoft does NOT send patches through e-mail.

Also, We are not Microsoft. This is a Peer-to-Peer support fourm.
Microsoft just hosts the the servers on wich they reside.

\David

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Fraphic violence is advised


David