security message

[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!!!

 

[Scott]

Block sender & go to Windows Update, scan for updates.
Take it from there.

 

[randwulf57]

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.

 

[Jason]

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!!!

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

 

[Guest]

DO NOT RESPOND, DELETE THESE MESSAGES, THEY ARE FAKE. MS
NEVER SENDS OUT MESSAGES TO UPDATE A SYSTEM.

 

[Chas Stokes]

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!!!

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

 

[Rob]

-----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!!!
.

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.