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gina

Should I download the attached file i received from
(e-mail address removed)...

Just making sure. it was the latest security patch for
the virus
 
If you received an attachment in email
delete it - it is a hoax and will infect.
Always get your updates only from the
Microsoft website or Windows Update
 
Greetings --

What you received is either a very common malicious hoax or the
output of a computer infected by one of several wide-spread, mass
emailing worms. The two most widely-known are:

W32.Gibe_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Dumaru_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

Microsoft never has, does not currently, and never will email
unsolicited security patches. At the most, if, and only if, you
subscribe to their security notification newsletter, they will send
you an email informing you that a new patch is available for
downloading.

Microsoft Policies on Software Distribution
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/policy/swdist.asp

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

Any and all legitimate patches and updates are readily available
at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/. (Notice that this is the true
URL, rather than the bogus one that may have been contained in the
email you received.) Any messages that point to any other source(s) or
claim to have the patch attached are bogus.


Bruce Chambers

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Should I download the attached file i received from
(e-mail address removed)...

Just making sure. it was the latest security patch for
the virus
Click to expand...

You shouldn't open ANY attached file unless you are expecrting it. This
is how virus's are spread. Many virus's will infect a computer then send
a copy of itself to people listed in the address book, so it looks like
it came from a friend.

Microsoft does not send pathes out as an e-mail broadcast. The most
they will do is send an e-mail with a link to get the patch from thier
website.

--

David

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