Re: ** WARNING ** DANGEROUS E-Mail

[Barry Margolin]

In article >,
*** > wrote:
>I've received several copies of this type of bogus emails from
>"microsoft". Below please find a copy of the latest I've received -
>sans the attachments, of course !

I get at least 10 of them a day. Unfortunately, whatever virus it is that
sends these out does not want to stick with a consistent subject line. I
get "Network Security Update", "Microsoft Update", "Microsoft Security
Patch", and also weird things like "watch the patch from Microsoft".

--
Barry Margolin,
Genuity Managed Services, a Level(3) Company, Woburn, MA
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[Barry Margolin]

In article >, Chet > wrote:
>Barry Margolin wrote:
>>
>> In article >,
>> *** > wrote:
>> >I've received several copies of this type of bogus emails from
>> >"microsoft". Below please find a copy of the latest I've received -
>> >sans the attachments, of course !
>>
>> I get at least 10 of them a day. Unfortunately, whatever virus it is that
>> sends these out does not want to stick with a consistent subject line. I
>> get "Network Security Update", "Microsoft Update", "Microsoft Security
>> Patch", and also weird things like "watch the patch from Microsoft".

>email is not dangerous on my computer, maybe you should get a different
>computer.

What difference does it make what kind of computer I have? They're
annoying like spam, whether or not they're dangerous.

--
Barry Margolin,
Genuity Managed Services, a Level(3) Company, Woburn, MA
*** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups.
Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I think this was a veiled reference to not running Windows...best not to
feed the trolls.

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article >, Chet > wrote:
>> Barry Margolin wrote:
>>>
>>> In article >,
>>> *** > wrote:
>>>> I've received several copies of this type of bogus emails from
>>>> "microsoft". Below please find a copy of the latest I've received -
>>>> sans the attachments, of course !
>>>
>>> I get at least 10 of them a day. Unfortunately, whatever virus it
>>> is that sends these out does not want to stick with a consistent
>>> subject line. I get "Network Security Update", "Microsoft Update",
>>> "Microsoft Security Patch", and also weird things like "watch the
>>> patch from Microsoft".
>
>> email is not dangerous on my computer, maybe you should get a
>> different computer.
>
> What difference does it make what kind of computer I have? They're
> annoying like spam, whether or not they're dangerous.