microsoft patch

I keep getting a "microsoft" download patch immediately
msg in my outlook express. It blocks all other messages
coming into my email. It also is sent 3 to 6 times a
day. How do i get rid of this without changing my email
address. if I sign into "get email" account I can delete
it there and the rest of the messages then can be
downloaded into outlook express. Is there a message
blocker in Get email?

frustrated

Is there an attachment on the Email?
This has been around a short while.
The attachment is most likely a virus.
Delete the Email and attachment immediately.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...patch_hoax.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...icy/swdist.asp

Microsoft sends security updates but NEVER with attachments.

On the rare occasion Microsoft sends a file, you would be expecting it
in advance and know exactly what it is.

Install an antivirus application.
Update your antivirus weekly.
Run it weekly.
Install or enable a firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673

Go to Outlook Express, click the "Help" tab.
Search for "Rules" for ways to configure outlook Express.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html


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I keep getting a "microsoft" download patch immediately
msg in my outlook express. It blocks all other messages
coming into my email. It also is sent 3 to 6 times a
day. How do i get rid of this without changing my email
address. if I sign into "get email" account I can delete
it there and the rest of the messages then can be
downloaded into outlook express. Is there a message
blocker in Get email?

frustrated

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 two most widely-known a

W32.Gibe_mm


W32.Dumaru_mm


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/tre...icy/swdist.asp

Information on Bogus Microsoft Security Bulletin Emails
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...patch_hoax.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.


Bruce Chambers

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wrote in message
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I keep getting a "microsoft" download patch immediately
msg in my outlook express. It blocks all other messages
coming into my email. It also is sent 3 to 6 times a
day. How do i get rid of this without changing my email
address. if I sign into "get email" account I can delete
it there and the rest of the messages then can be
downloaded into outlook express. Is there a message
blocker in Get email?

frustrated