E-mail from Microsoft.

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Joe B.

Received note from Microsoft addressed to MS Partner. It
stated it was the latest version of security
update, "September 2003 - cumulative patch. It looked
fishy. Is it OK to install?
 
NO!

Microsoft NEVER sends patches via email. It is a virus. Do not run it

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--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
deleted without reading.
 
Same answer! read the forum before posting.

alan said:
hello i posted my first time this am, and this evening i
got 25 or so emails that looked as if they came from
Microsoft any thing to this??
thanx alan
-----Original Message-----
NO!

Microsoft NEVER sends patches via email. It is a virus. Do not run it

--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
deleted without reading.


Joe B. said:
Received note from Microsoft addressed to MS Partner. It
stated it was the latest version of security
update, "September 2003 - cumulative patch. It looked
fishy. Is it OK to install?
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even I am getting mails from Microsoft update...it fills my mail box
completely and I am clearing my mailbox 6-8 times in a day.........how to
remove this spam from coming into my mailbox..this is driving me crazy...I
installed mailwasher...I tried to block these mails...no help any way......

what shud be done?????????????
S@llyM@nd@ said:
I joined the 'Communities' from the MS homepage and soon after I started
receiving virus infected e-mails. I know I should have used a fake address
but you'd think MS site would have been a bit safer.




Jonathan Maltz said:
NO!

Microsoft NEVER sends patches via email. It is a virus. Do not run it

--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
deleted without reading.


Joe B. said:
Received note from Microsoft addressed to MS Partner. It
stated it was the latest version of security
update, "September 2003 - cumulative patch. It looked
fishy. Is it OK to install?
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Hi,

This is Usenet, not Microsoft's own communities. They have newsgroups that
get replicated on many different news servers. A bot can then go and pick
them up (not necessarily from Microsoft's groups on Microsoft's server, but
from microsoft.public groups on many other servers that just mirror the
posts) then they email the posters.

The reason they pick these groups is a simple one - people looking for
technical support on Microsoft products are more likely to run a "patch from
Microsoft" then most other groups.

--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
deleted without reading.


S@llyM@nd@ said:
I joined the 'Communities' from the MS homepage and soon after I started
receiving virus infected e-mails. I know I should have used a fake address
but you'd think MS site would have been a bit safer.




Jonathan Maltz said:
NO!

Microsoft NEVER sends patches via email. It is a virus. Do not run it

--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server]
http://www.imbored.biz - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
Only reply by newsgroup. If I see an email I didn't ask for, it will be
deleted without reading.


Joe B. said:
Received note from Microsoft addressed to MS Partner. It
stated it was the latest version of security
update, "September 2003 - cumulative patch. It looked
fishy. Is it OK to install?
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