march 200f patch

i've gotten emails and posts for a march 2004 cumulative patch. my spam
filter caught it and i have never opened the attachment. is this a legit
ownload or a trap?

Patches are not distributed by e-mail. It is a virus.

"MadSweeney" wrote in message
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i've gotten emails and posts for a march 2004 cumulative patch. my spam
filter caught it and i have never opened the attachment. is this a legit
ownload or a trap?

It is NOT legitimate. Microsoft **never** of a patch by email. Delete the
message and make sure it is also removed from your Deleted folder.

--
David Nimon

"MadSweeney" wrote in message
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i've gotten emails and posts for a march 2004 cumulative patch. my spam
filter caught it and i have never opened the attachment. is this a legit
ownload or a trap?

Greetings --

Just delete it.

What you received is the output of a computer infected by one of
several widely publicized, wide-spread, mass emailing worms. The
virus' authors have deliberately spoofed the Microsoft information in
the hopes of garnering more victims. This sort of email has been very
common for at least the past 11 months. The most widely-known a

W32.Swen.A_mm


W32.Dumaru_mm


W32.Gibe_mm


Trojan.Xombe
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...jan.xombe.html

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/tre...icy/swdist.asp

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

How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine
http://www.microsoft.com/security/an...icate_mail.asp

Remember, any and all legitimate patches and updates are readily
available at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/. You should develop
the habit of checking this site at least once a month to keep your
computer up-to-date. (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. You can also ask your ISP to take steps to preclude their mail
server from passing on such emails. Many ISPs have such filtering
capabilities.


Bruce Chambers
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"MadSweeney" wrote in message
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i've gotten emails and posts for a march 2004 cumulative patch. my
spam
filter caught it and i have never opened the attachment. is this a
legit
ownload or a trap?

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 20:08:31 -0800, "MadSweeney"
wrote:

i've gotten emails and posts for a march 2004 cumulative patch. my spam
filter caught it and i have never opened the attachment. is this a legit
ownload or a trap?

Has an attachment? It's a trap. Microsoft never sends attachments.
Notices about updates (Security Bulletins) are only received if you
went to the MS site and subscribed and as already mentioned - these do
not have attachments.

There is a Windows Security Update CD that you can order from the MS
website. It has all of the critical updates (through October 2003)
that have been released since Service Pack1:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp


Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP

Here's another clue that it's a virus. Besides the fact that I scanned one
and it showed as a virus, would MS send the message like 30 times a day? I
think not and that's how many I get daily in my Yahoo bulk mail.

"MadSweeney" wrote in message
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i've gotten emails and posts for a march 2004 cumulative patch. my spam
filter caught it and i have never opened the attachment. is this a legit
ownload or a trap?

"MadSweeney" wrote in message
...
i've gotten emails and posts for a march 2004 cumulative patch. my spam
filter caught it and i have never opened the attachment. is this a legit
ownload or a trap?

I would never run those. If you are wondering you can always go to the real
update site through Windows and make sure your pc is up to date.

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