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[Richard Delk]

I Keep getting a e-mail that is addressed from Microsoft,
but I don't belive that it is comming from you. It telles
me to install this patch immediately. it says that
500,000 computers have been infected with thia viras.

Is this a true e-mail fro Microsoft?

[oldone]

Richard, these emails are virus carriers. They have been
on the go for months. The only solution is to delete them
and get ALL your updates/patches from Microsofts own
website.
>-----Original Message-----
>I Keep getting a e-mail that is addressed from
Microsoft,
>but I don't belive that it is comming from you. It
telles
>me to install this patch immediately. it says that
>500,000 computers have been infected with thia viras.
>
>Is this a true e-mail fro Microsoft?
>.
>

[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


W32.Dumaru_mm


W32.Gibe_mm


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.

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

--
Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Richard Delk" > wrote in message
...
> I Keep getting a e-mail that is addressed from Microsoft,
> but I don't belive that it is comming from you. It telles
> me to install this patch immediately. it says that
> 500,000 computers have been infected with thia viras.
>
> Is this a true e-mail fro Microsoft?

>-----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

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

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

>
> 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.
>
> 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
>
>--
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
>having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
>"Richard Delk" >
wrote in message
...
>> I Keep getting a e-mail that is addressed from
Microsoft,
>> but I don't belive that it is comming from you. It
telles
>> me to install this patch immediately. it says that
>> 500,000 computers have been infected with thia viras.
>>
>> Is this a true e-mail fro Microsoft?
>
>
>.Tell me "How to delete from the server before E-mail
download. If it only one E-mail message it will open when
selected to delete.
>