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Chris
I have received an email which has been placed within the junk mail folder.
The email appears to be from microsoft yet when trying to search the site
produces nothing.
I know we all get similar emails from banks etc asking for information or
providing a program for you to install. Microsoft site appears to be quite
difficult in finding information on spam emails and getting a copy sent to
them.
The email I have received includes a file called KB549891.exe and obviously
I do not want to install something that I receive by email. When searching
for this name on the website nothing comes up across the whole global site
which makes me more aware.
I searched for Steve Lipner, who does appear to work for microsoft but why
is the update not mentioned anywhere on the global microsoft site?
The email is below:
Dear Microsoft Customer,
Please notice that Microsoft company has recently issued a Security Update
for OS Microsoft Windows. The update applies to the following OS versions:
Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Millenium,
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista.
Please notice, that present update applies to high-priority updates
category. In order to help protect your computer against security threats and
performance problems, we strongly recommend you to install this update.
Since public distribution of this Update through the official website
http://www.microsoft.com would have result in efficient creation of a
malicious software, we made a decision to issue an experimental private
version of an update for all Microsoft Windows OS users.
As your computer is set to receive notifications when new updates are
available, you have received this notice.
In order to start the update, please follow the step-by-step instruction:
1. Run the file, that you have received along with this message.
2. Carefully follow all the instructions you see on the screen.
If nothing changes after you have run the file, probably in the settings of
your OS you have an indication to run all the updates at a background
routine. In that case, at this point the upgrade of your OS will be finished.
We apologize for any inconvenience this back order may be causing you.
Thank you,
Steve Lipner
Director of Security Assurance
Microsoft Corp.
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The email appears to be from microsoft yet when trying to search the site
produces nothing.
I know we all get similar emails from banks etc asking for information or
providing a program for you to install. Microsoft site appears to be quite
difficult in finding information on spam emails and getting a copy sent to
them.
The email I have received includes a file called KB549891.exe and obviously
I do not want to install something that I receive by email. When searching
for this name on the website nothing comes up across the whole global site
which makes me more aware.
I searched for Steve Lipner, who does appear to work for microsoft but why
is the update not mentioned anywhere on the global microsoft site?
The email is below:
Dear Microsoft Customer,
Please notice that Microsoft company has recently issued a Security Update
for OS Microsoft Windows. The update applies to the following OS versions:
Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Millenium,
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista.
Please notice, that present update applies to high-priority updates
category. In order to help protect your computer against security threats and
performance problems, we strongly recommend you to install this update.
Since public distribution of this Update through the official website
http://www.microsoft.com would have result in efficient creation of a
malicious software, we made a decision to issue an experimental private
version of an update for all Microsoft Windows OS users.
As your computer is set to receive notifications when new updates are
available, you have received this notice.
In order to start the update, please follow the step-by-step instruction:
1. Run the file, that you have received along with this message.
2. Carefully follow all the instructions you see on the screen.
If nothing changes after you have run the file, probably in the settings of
your OS you have an indication to run all the updates at a background
routine. In that case, at this point the upgrade of your OS will be finished.
We apologize for any inconvenience this back order may be causing you.
Thank you,
Steve Lipner
Director of Security Assurance
Microsoft Corp.
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