Patch

R

Roger Lashley

Is this a good patch I keep getting a email on it.Thanks
Roger Lashley (e-mail address removed) is a copy of
the details of the emaReceived: from vmc-ext.prodigy.net
by vmc with SMTP; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:48 -0400
X-Originating-IP: [24.213.60.109]
Received: from front3.chartermi.net (front3.chartermi.net
[24.213.60.109])
by vmc-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP
id h8MCWh9C360418;
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:43 -0400
Received: from [66.227.207.10] (HELO skwfhdj)
by front3.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9a)
with SMTP id 324369146; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:29 -0400
FROM: "MS Internet Security Center" <nusvjpmqfws-
(e-mail address removed)>
TO: "Partner" <[email protected]>
SUBJECT: New Net Security Patch
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="cbmxdlhr"
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:29 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]>ile.
 
N

Nicholas

You did not receive an update notification from Microsoft. You
received a virus-laden email message from a devious imposter!

A devious imposter is "spoofing" Microsoft and attempting to deceive you
into installing a malicious VIRUS in your computer! Delete the VIRUS
laden message immediately!

Microsoft never sends file attachments with email messages!

Please take a moment to read the following articles:

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

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

Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp


--
Nicholas

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


| Is this a good patch I keep getting a email on it.Thanks
| Roger Lashley (e-mail address removed) is a copy of
| the details of the emaReceived: from vmc-ext.prodigy.net
| by vmc with SMTP; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:48 -0400
| X-Originating-IP: [24.213.60.109]
| Received: from front3.chartermi.net (front3.chartermi.net
| [24.213.60.109])
| by vmc-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP
| id h8MCWh9C360418;
| Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:43 -0400
| Received: from [66.227.207.10] (HELO skwfhdj)
| by front3.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9a)
| with SMTP id 324369146; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:29 -0400
| FROM: "MS Internet Security Center" <nusvjpmqfws-
| (e-mail address removed)>
| TO: "Partner" <[email protected]>
| SUBJECT: New Net Security Patch
| Mime-Version: 1.0
| Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="cbmxdlhr"
| Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:29 -0400
| Message-ID: <[email protected]>ile.
 
B

Bruce Chambers

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 most widely-known are:

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

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

W32.Gibe_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.

You're receiving these emails because your email address is in
the address book of someone infected with a worm, and/or because you
posted your real email address somewhere on-line, either in a forum
accessible to the public and spambots, such as Usenet, or on an
untrustworthy web site that subsequently sold your address as part of
a mailing list. One thing you can do is notify _everyone_ with whom
you've ever corresponded via email that one or more of them may be
infected with a mass emailing worm, and should take the appropriate
steps.

There's probably no way of blocking all of the bogus messages, but
you can greatly reduce the number you get by creating a rule, based
upon the most commonly used subject lines, to delete the emails from
the server without ever downloading them.


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


Roger Lashley said:
Is this a good patch I keep getting a email on it.Thanks
Roger Lashley (e-mail address removed) is a copy of
the details of the emaReceived: from vmc-ext.prodigy.net
by vmc with SMTP; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:48 -0400
X-Originating-IP: [24.213.60.109]
Received: from front3.chartermi.net (front3.chartermi.net
[24.213.60.109])
by vmc-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP
id h8MCWh9C360418;
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:43 -0400
Received: from [66.227.207.10] (HELO skwfhdj)
by front3.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9a)
with SMTP id 324369146; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:29 -0400
FROM: "MS Internet Security Center" <nusvjpmqfws-
(e-mail address removed)>
TO: "Partner" <[email protected]>
SUBJECT: New Net Security Patch
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="cbmxdlhr"
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:32:29 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]>ile.
Click to expand...
 
Top