Got bogus MS securitye e-mail after posting request here

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You should "munge" your email address in usenet - or put in a fake one in
your account settings entirely, and *never* post your email address in the
body of your post, either. Spammers have been trolling thru newsgroups for a
long time, and this new virus is doin' the same thing.
 
Create an alternate e-mail address for public interactions. Your participation
in Internet newsgroups or chat rooms makes it easy for list compilers who use
automated bots (computer programs) to harvest e-mail addresses to sell to junk
e-mail senders. To reduce your exposure, set up a second e-mail address to use
when participating in online forums, registering with Web sites, entering contests,
or filling out forms on the Internet. Share your primary e-mail address only with
people you know.

Please take a moment to read the following articles:

How to Trim the "Spam" from Your E-Mail Diet
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spam.asp

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

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



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Nicholas

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"PatG" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message:


| Warning: Within minutes of posting my request for help on
| this site I received an e-mail, "Currect Security Update"
| with an attachment from "Internet Security Division" of
| Microsoft - - exactly the bogus example shown by Microsoft
| here:
| http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_ma
| il.asp
| Something is very fishy!
 
Greetings --

Certainly.

For years now, spammers have been using software utilities
to scan such places as Usenet news groups to harvest email addresses.
It's a simple matter to disguise your posted email address so that
these software "bots" can't obtain anything useful. This is common
knowledge.

Further, W32.Swen.A_mm includes a mechanism to use NNTP to
transport itself. This is also well publicized by the anti-virus
sites.


Bruce Chambers

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