Upgrade5539.exe and update388.exe

[Montana]

What's this Upgrade5539.exe and Update388.exe that I
received in the email from MS Tech Support? Are they
legitimate? My McAfee Virus Scan seems to think they're a
virus?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

What's this Upgrade5539.exe and Update388.exe that I
received in the email from MS Tech Support? Are they
legitimate? My McAfee Virus Scan seems to think they're a
virus?

Montana

Microsoft will never, ever send anyone a security update via email. Period.

These are viruses.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

[Courtney]

Considering that Microsoft NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER sends files via email,
you can guarentee that they are viruses.

If you subscribe to Microsoft newsletters, they will send you a link to
download something, but never the download itself. It's poor practice,
unreliable, and never a good idea.

Delete the files and don't open email attachments.

courtney....

 

[SarahA]

Believe your virus scan. It could be Swen. MS says they
don't e-mail patches.

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

What's this Upgrade5539.exe and Update388.exe that I
received in the email from MS Tech Support? Are they
legitimate? My McAfee Virus Scan seems to think they're a
virus?

a) trust your virus checker

b) learn to read full headers - then you'll see where they are really
from (and can complain to the ISP of the infected person who sent them
to you).

c) Hint: It ain't MS - they hardly ever even send emails (exept to
exhort you to buy things), and =NEVER= send patches that way.

 

[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

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.

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

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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Your McAfee Virus Scan doesn't think, it knows. Listen to it.

 

[Opinicus]

What's this Upgrade5539.exe and Update388.exe that I
received in the email from MS Tech Support?

They're not from MS Tech Support. Check the headers...