Apply this correction patch

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Mark V

stacy wrote in
Where Do I find this patch? I have checked all the site we
nomally check for up dates. We have the virsu mxsender. I
have deleted it from all the programs it is in but it
reinstalls it self at start up. Any suggestions?
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You are _surely_ aware that the text below is part of the SWEN
mass-mailing WORM? There is no "patch".

Any MS patches are via windowsupdate.microsoft.com

"MXSENDER" is a Trojan (unrelated AFAIK). Removal instructions
at most A-V vendor sites. Such as:
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_MXSENDER.A
 
Yes I'm aware it is mass mailing worm. But we have other
errors that are pointing to the fact that the same
computer has a registry problems, all part of the mxsender
worm. we want to try the patch to see if it will correct
the registry problem.
 
Greetings --

There's no such thing as a "October 2003 Cumulative Patch."

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 most widely-known are:

W32.Swen.A_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Dumaru_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

W32.Gibe_mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

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

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/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

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