spam from microsoft(?)

[steve]

Every day for the past week or so I've been receiving 30-
40 e-mails from either 'microsoft corporation', or 'ms
security division', or 'ms public assistance', all of
which have something to do with a security update and all
of which have an attachment.

However, none of the attachments can be accessed because,
according to the message, 'OE removed access to the
folowing unsafe attachments in your mail' which then
refers to the particular attachment, say q869978.exe, or
QJ.exe, or PATCH.exe, etc etc.

In addition, I am also getting a number of e-mails which
tell me a message I'd allegedly sent was undeliverable,
and it then gives me a nonsensical e-mail address, for
example, 'Undeliverable to (e-mail address removed)...

Anyone any idea what's going wrong?

Many thanks,

Steve.

 

[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


--
Nicholas

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| Every day for the past week or so I've been receiving 30-
| 40 e-mails from either 'microsoft corporation', or 'ms
| security division', or 'ms public assistance', all of
| which have something to do with a security update and all
| of which have an attachment.
|
| However, none of the attachments can be accessed because,
| according to the message, 'OE removed access to the
| folowing unsafe attachments in your mail' which then
| refers to the particular attachment, say q869978.exe, or
| QJ.exe, or PATCH.exe, etc etc.
|
| In addition, I am also getting a number of e-mails which
| tell me a message I'd allegedly sent was undeliverable,
| and it then gives me a nonsensical e-mail address, for
| example, 'Undeliverable to (e-mail address removed)...
|
| Anyone any idea what's going wrong?
|
| Many thanks,
|
| Steve.