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Figaro
OK, here's the story:
For the past month my computer has been inundated with phony messages from a
variety of sources, each claiming to be from Microsoft. The messages urge me
to download the attached security patch but an anti-virus program has
determined that every message contains a virus or worm. Now I know that
Microsoft never contacts individuals privately about security patches, so
who's behind this? I've gotten about a dozen of these things so far and I'm
beginning to think I'm being targeted. The only other person I know of whose
received these things is a friend with whom I share one special quality...we
are both outspoken liberals who have never hesitated to make out opinions
known in several newsgroups. Is there a connection? How would I even begin to
find out?
Figaro, Paranoid in Texas
For the past month my computer has been inundated with phony messages from a
variety of sources, each claiming to be from Microsoft. The messages urge me
to download the attached security patch but an anti-virus program has
determined that every message contains a virus or worm. Now I know that
Microsoft never contacts individuals privately about security patches, so
who's behind this? I've gotten about a dozen of these things so far and I'm
beginning to think I'm being targeted. The only other person I know of whose
received these things is a friend with whom I share one special quality...we
are both outspoken liberals who have never hesitated to make out opinions
known in several newsgroups. Is there a connection? How would I even begin to
find out?
Figaro, Paranoid in Texas