How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine...

Sooner Al · Sep 19, 2003

In light of the increasing frequency over the last few days of bogus email messages claiming to be
from Microsoft with a security patch attached...

http://www.cert.org/current/current_activity.html#swena

....perhaps its time for everyone to look at this page from Microsoft that contains a few do's and
don'ts...

http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.asp

The Microsoft Security & Privacy page...

http://www.microsoft.com/security/

N8XYN · Sep 19, 2003

I'm getting far more crap from this than I did from sobig! 100 pieces an
hour...

Greg Johns · Sep 20, 2003

See 'Re:Suspicious e-mail, suppose to be from Microsoft' from Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:33 PM for more info on the same topic.

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