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LRBj

I keep getting a message from (e-mail address removed)
telling me about a patch that I need to install
immediately. But...my virus scan always picks up a virus
and needs to quarantine it. Is this message legitimate or
is this a virus trying to get into my system? I get this
message 3 or 4 times a day!!!
 
LRBj:
Microsoft does not send security updates, patches, fixes, etc. via email.
The attachments are viruses. There are several of these phony MS emails
making the rounds. Delete them.
 
* LRBj said:
I keep getting a message from (e-mail address removed)
telling me about a patch that I need to install
immediately. But...my virus scan always picks up a virus
and needs to quarantine it. Is this message legitimate or
is this a virus trying to get into my system? I get this
message 3 or 4 times a day!!!
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Then send an email to the makers of your antivirus program thanking them
for protecting your computer.

What you are getting is exactly what it is trying to tell you, a virus.

Jason
 
DO NOT RESPOND, DELETE THESE MESSAGES, THEY ARE FAKE. MS
NEVER SENDS OUT MESSAGES TO UPDATE A SYSTEM.
 
I keep getting a message from (e-mail address removed)
telling me about a patch that I need to install
immediately. But...my virus scan always picks up a virus
and needs to quarantine it. Is this message legitimate or
is this a virus trying to get into my system? I get this
message 3 or 4 times a day!!!
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Microsoft NEVER sends out anything unsolicited. You have to go to them.

I had to write 7 different rules to stop those messages from coming to
me.

Since I run my own mail server, I just ended up deleting the email
account that they were coming to.

:)

Chas
 
-----Original Message-----
I keep getting a message from (e-mail address removed)
telling me about a patch that I need to install
immediately. But...my virus scan always picks up a virus
and needs to quarantine it. Is this message legitimate or
is this a virus trying to get into my system? I get this
message 3 or 4 times a day!!!
.
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I have been getting these ad nauseum for about a month. I
hate whoever has the computer so infected that it
continues to even function. There is nothing that I know
that can be done. Of course, keep virus updates going
and never respond. Good luck.
 
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