Microsoft Never sends security patches via e-mail.

[Ümit]

Microsoft Never sends security patches via e-mail.
This exe file may be a virus or a trojan.


Microsoft Partner

this is the latest version of security update, the
"September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes
all known security vulnerabilities affecting
MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express
as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities.
Install now to maintain the security of your computer.
This update includes the functionality of all previously released patches.

System requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
This update applies to:
- MS Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later
- MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
- MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later

Recommendation: Customers should install the patch at the earliest
opportunity.
How to install: Run attached file. Choose Yes on displayed dialog box.
How to use: You don't need to do anything after installing this item.


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[Ralph Gerbig]

Hi ümit,

I'm getting about 200 - 300 patches in less than 24 hours

--
Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Regards

Ralph Gerbig
(e-mail address removed)
www.ralphgerbig.de.vu

 

[One Handed Man [ OHM ]]

Me too, Ive informed my ISP

 

[Umit Bayazit]

me too ))
but I defined a Outlook block rule for these stupid messages.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

I'm getting about 200 - 300 patches in less than 24 hours

If people don't install the original patches, they will get faked patches by
mail.

;-)

 

[Daniel]

Kinda glad to see that I'm not the only one receiving these.

My virus scanner seems to pick out the virus intermittently, wonder why?
Can my comp be infected by previewing the message?

 

[Ralph Gerbig]

Hi Heinfried,

I have allways the latest updates installed
And my virus scanner is up to date too.
All these mails are catched by my spamfilter but it takes me about 10
minutes each day to delet this mesages.

--
Mit freundlichen Gruessen - Regards

Ralph Gerbig
(e-mail address removed)
www.ralphgerbig.de.vu

 

[Joe Fawcett]

Unfortunately you can't filter HotMail messages by size, nothing else seems
to work with so many different subjects etc.

 

[Peter Torr \(MS\)]

Unfortunately you can't filter HotMail messages by size, nothing else seems
to work with so many different subjects etc.

Hi,

I have a rule in Outlook for "Cumulative patch", "undeliverable mail",
"undelivered mail", "undeliverable mail", "returned mail", etc. in the body.
It catches most of them (was over 100 day; getting fewer now I think).

Peter

 

[Daniel O'Connell]

Hi,

I have a rule in Outlook for "Cumulative patch", "undeliverable mail",
"undelivered mail", "undeliverable mail", "returned mail", etc. in the body.
It catches most of them (was over 100 day; getting fewer now I think).

It seems to have started to fall off, I never set an outlook rule and i'm
down from 20-30 every 30 minutes to one or two an hour.

Thats something, atleast.

 

[ItsMe]

Yeah i agree with you Ralph. How do i avoid these stupid emails ? Can anyone
give solution. Does these mails harm my computer ? I'm using outlook express
?

Regars
ItsMe

 

[Hardy Wang]

The attachment is a virus, I think.