Possible worm / trojan / virus?

[Cooter]

I just got an e-mail from "Microsoft" with a subject of "Install this patch
immediately!" and an attachment (which I'm not about to open). The return
address is . My gut feeling is that this is a hoax,
worm, trojan or virus. Anyone else received it or have any info on it?

[Lee C.]

Microsoft DOES NOT send out e-mails with patches; it ain't from =
Microsoft. You can figure the rest out on your own I'd think.

"Cooter" > wrote in message =
.. .
> I just got an e-mail from "Microsoft" with a subject of "Install this =
patch
> immediately!" and an attachment (which I'm not about to open). The =
return
> address is . My gut feeling is that this is a =
hoax,
> worm, trojan or virus. Anyone else received it or have any info on it?
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>

[Jose Francisco]

DARN spammer!

Regards,
Jose Francisco

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"Cooter" > wrote in message
.. .
> I just got an e-mail from "Microsoft" with a subject of "Install this
patch
> immediately!" and an attachment (which I'm not about to open). The return
> address is . My gut feeling is that this is a hoax,
> worm, trojan or virus. Anyone else received it or have any info on it?
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Cooter > typed:

> I just got an e-mail from "Microsoft" with a subject of
"Install this
> patch immediately!" and an attachment (which I'm not about to
open).
> The return address is . My gut feeling is
that
> this is a hoax, worm, trojan or virus. Anyone else received it
or
> have any info on it?


Many people have received it. It's a well-known hoax. The
attachment almost certainly is a virus.

Microsoft *never* sends out patches by E-mail.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Chek]

Cooter,
If you viewed the email in Outlook Express, right click it and check the
properties. Remailing list longer than your ...well pretty long anyway.
To think that out there, somewhere, there may still be innocents who think
that MS would personally email them.
It's touching really...
Chek


"Cooter" > wrote in message
.. .
> I just got an e-mail from "Microsoft" with a subject of "Install this
patch
> immediately!" and an attachment (which I'm not about to open). The return
> address is . My gut feeling is that this is a hoax,
> worm, trojan or virus. Anyone else received it or have any info on it?
>
>

[Gene K]

It is a hoax. The attachment contains a Worm, Bug,Virus, etc. Block the
sender and delete the whole thing. Microsoft nor most other legitimate
companies does not sent any type of software via E-mail attachments.
Gene K

Cooter wrote:
> I just got an e-mail from "Microsoft" with a subject of "Install this
> patch immediately!" and an attachment (which I'm not about to open).
> The return address is . My gut feeling is that
> this is a hoax, worm, trojan or virus. Anyone else received it or
> have any info on it?