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Lee Yokum

Am I correct in saying taht microsoft does not send out
updates via email? i got and email from a
technet.msn.something email address and didnt opent he
atachment cause i thought ire ad somewhere taht microsoft
doesnt do the updates via email it loked like a real
message and said it was the lastest but I don know
 
He Lee

Yes, it is correct that MS do never ever distribute Updates/Fixes via Email.
For more information, see here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp



The Virus which was attached to your mail is most likey the new "w32.Swen"
Virus. More information on this here:

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

and here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/virus/alerts/swen.asp



Hope this helps. Regards,

Fabio
 
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