Security Patch from Microsoft has caused problems

[Clare]

I received the following email from Microsoft after
posting problems with my firewall here on the newsgroups
and today I clicked on the following (upgrade295.exe)
which was an attachment in my Eudora mail.
[] upgrade295.exe

Afterwards, I noticed that my Norton Antivirus kept
sending messages with nothing in them continually and I
couldn't stop it until I finally shut down my computer.
Now my Anti-virus won't launch at startup; I can't send
out any messages with Eudora because I had it set to
always be screen messages for viruses before sending out;
plus I can't get my MSCONFIG file to launch. When I try
to RUN the MSCONFIG file, I get this message: MEMORY
ACCESS VIOLATION IN MODULE KERNEL32 AT 3773:36592533.

Additionally, there is another email file from Microsoft
with an attachment called: [] Installation71.exe and
another email message with an attachment called: []
Pack1.exe

I haven't clicked on either of the other two files since
this one I writing for help about (upgrade295.exe)
created such a havoc.

Also, I have no AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files
anymore. When I launched SYSEDIT I discovered this.

These files from Microsoft are coming from someplace
called:

X-Originating-IP: [208.181.178.12]
Received: from joseph.ncoldns.com (generation.lgisp.net
[208.181.178.12])
by vm7-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with
ESMTP id hB5KiOxp528388
for <[email protected]>; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:44:24 -
0500
Received: from gjxy (208.181.177.10.lgisp.net
[208.181.177.10])
by joseph.ncoldns.com (Postfix) with SMTP
id 8CFFFB8509; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:43:52 -0800
(PST)
From: "Microsoft Security Department" <>
To: "Microsoft Partner"
<[email protected]>
SUBJECT: Latest Microsoft Security Pack
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="zpynykpxnllfmt"
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:43:52 -0800 (PST)



What should I do now? I just want email to work and my
Norton Anti-virus up and running again. I have a final
paper to submit by midnight tonight and I can't send it
as an attachment with my Eudora email out of whack.

Thanks,
Clare

 

[Walter Schulz]

I received the following email from Microsoft after

posting problems with my firewall here on the newsgroups
and today I clicked on the following (upgrade295.exe)
which was an attachment in my Eudora mail.
[] upgrade295.exe

Where have you been in the last months? You probably installed the
SWEN/GIBE (or are derivate) worm on your system and now *you* are
sending emails to everyone in your address list/newsgroup..
Please download the removal program, update your scanner and get rid
of the gullibility you definitely have concerning emails and
attachments.

www.microsoft.com -> right column -> Did Microsoft really send you
email?
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html

Ciao, Walter

 

[Clare]

-----Original Message-----

I received the following email from Microsoft after
posting problems with my firewall here on the newsgroups
and today I clicked on the following (upgrade295.exe)
which was an attachment in my Eudora mail.
[] upgrade295.exe

Where have you been in the last months? You probably installed the
SWEN/GIBE (or are derivate) worm on your system and now *you* are
sending emails to everyone in your address list/newsgroup..
Please download the removal program, update your scanner and get rid
of the gullibility you definitely have concerning emails and
attachments.

www.microsoft.com -> right column -> Did Microsoft really send you
email?
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list. html

Ciao, Walter
.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Clare;
You most likely installed Swen:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/bogmail.htm

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What you received is either a very common, malicious hoax or the
output of a computer infected by one of several widely publicized,
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 very probably 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

How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.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.


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

I received the following email from Microsoft after
posting problems with my firewall here on the newsgroups
and today I clicked on the following (upgrade295.exe)
which was an attachment in my Eudora mail.
[] upgrade295.exe

Afterwards, I noticed that my Norton Antivirus kept
sending messages with nothing in them continually and I
couldn't stop it until I finally shut down my computer.
Now my Anti-virus won't launch at startup; I can't send
out any messages with Eudora because I had it set to
always be screen messages for viruses before sending out;
plus I can't get my MSCONFIG file to launch. When I try
to RUN the MSCONFIG file, I get this message: MEMORY
ACCESS VIOLATION IN MODULE KERNEL32 AT 3773:36592533.

Additionally, there is another email file from Microsoft
with an attachment called: [] Installation71.exe and
another email message with an attachment called: []
Pack1.exe

I haven't clicked on either of the other two files since
this one I writing for help about (upgrade295.exe)
created such a havoc.

Also, I have no AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files
anymore. When I launched SYSEDIT I discovered this.

These files from Microsoft are coming from someplace
called:

X-Originating-IP: [208.181.178.12]
Received: from joseph.ncoldns.com (generation.lgisp.net
[208.181.178.12])
by vm7-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with
ESMTP id hB5KiOxp528388
for <[email protected]>; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:44:24 -
0500
Received: from gjxy (208.181.177.10.lgisp.net
[208.181.177.10])
by joseph.ncoldns.com (Postfix) with SMTP
id 8CFFFB8509; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:43:52 -0800
(PST)
From: "Microsoft Security Department" <>
To: "Microsoft Partner"
<[email protected]>
SUBJECT: Latest Microsoft Security Pack
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="zpynykpxnllfmt"
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:43:52 -0800 (PST)



What should I do now? I just want email to work and my
Norton Anti-virus up and running again. I have a final
paper to submit by midnight tonight and I can't send it
as an attachment with my Eudora email out of whack.

Thanks,
Clare

 

[clare]

I was able to clean and delete the virus/worm from my
computer and now everything is back to normal (fingers
crossed). I'm now able to use Norton Anti-virus and have
run a complete scan of my system. My Eudora email is up
and running again.

I now know what NOT to do if ever receiving anything else
like that. But of course if the spammers are secretly on
one of several newsgroups I'm subscribed to, they'll just
try to figure another way to deceive.

Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions.

Clare
========

-----Original Message-----
Greetings --

What you received is either a very common, malicious hoax or the
output of a computer infected by one of several widely publicized,
wide-spread, mass emailing worms. The most widely-known are:

W32.Swen.A_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w

(e-mail address removed)

W32.Dumaru_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w

(e-mail address removed)

W32.Gibe_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w

(e-mail address removed)

Microsoft never has, does not currently, and very probably 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

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

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

mail.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.


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

I received the following email from Microsoft after
posting problems with my firewall here on the newsgroups
and today I clicked on the following (upgrade295.exe)
which was an attachment in my Eudora mail.
[] upgrade295.exe

Afterwards, I noticed that my Norton Antivirus kept
sending messages with nothing in them continually and I
couldn't stop it until I finally shut down my computer.
Now my Anti-virus won't launch at startup; I can't send
out any messages with Eudora because I had it set to
always be screen messages for viruses before sending out;
plus I can't get my MSCONFIG file to launch. When I try
to RUN the MSCONFIG file, I get this message: MEMORY
ACCESS VIOLATION IN MODULE KERNEL32 AT 3773:36592533.

Additionally, there is another email file from Microsoft
with an attachment called: [] Installation71.exe and
another email message with an attachment called: []
Pack1.exe

I haven't clicked on either of the other two files since
this one I writing for help about (upgrade295.exe)
created such a havoc.

Also, I have no AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files
anymore. When I launched SYSEDIT I discovered this.

These files from Microsoft are coming from someplace
called:

X-Originating-IP: [208.181.178.12]
Received: from joseph.ncoldns.com (generation.lgisp.net
[208.181.178.12])
by vm7-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with
ESMTP id hB5KiOxp528388
for <[email protected]>; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:44:24 -
0500
Received: from gjxy (208.181.177.10.lgisp.net
[208.181.177.10])
by joseph.ncoldns.com (Postfix) with SMTP
id 8CFFFB8509; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:43:52 -0800
(PST)
From: "Microsoft Security Department" <>
To: "Microsoft Partner"
<[email protected]>
SUBJECT: Latest Microsoft Security Pack
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="zpynykpxnllfmt"
Message-Id:

Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:43:52 -0800 (PST)



What should I do now? I just want email to work and my
Norton Anti-virus up and running again. I have a final
paper to submit by midnight tonight and I can't send it
as an attachment with my Eudora email out of whack.

Thanks,
Clare

.

 

[Agustin E. Beci]

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html



--

______________
Agustin E. Beci
"Gotta have heart!"

-----Original Message-----

I received the following email from Microsoft after
posting problems with my firewall here on the newsgroups
and today I clicked on the following (upgrade295.exe)
which was an attachment in my Eudora mail.
[] upgrade295.exe

Where have you been in the last months? You probably installed the
SWEN/GIBE (or are derivate) worm on your system and now *you* are
sending emails to everyone in your address list/newsgroup..
Please download the removal program, update your scanner and get rid
of the gullibility you definitely have concerning emails and
attachments.

www.microsoft.com -> right column -> Did Microsoft really send you
email?
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list. html

Ciao, Walter
.