M$ vulnerability question

Wed, 13 Mar 2002 17:37:44 -0500

I don't know about this specifically but I have NEVER, in over a decade of using MS products, heard of MS emailing updates out to people, unsolicited.  I would only go near enough to the attachment to delete it!  Especially since you got it 4 times!

Alan

plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
> 
I'm not trying to start another flame war, so please do not start...

I was seriously wondering if everyone else is getting the following
message including the attachment.  I've got 4 seperate copies in my
inbox, and got to thinking that I wonder if the attachment might
actually be a virus.  It would be trivial for someone to attach a virus
and spoof the header and use that to ship/install a trojan/worm/virus.

As I NEVER run any attachments except those from REALLY trusted
individuals, I thought I would ask what you all know of this one.  Do
you really think this is lagit?

  EBo --

> Microsoft Customer,
> 
>      this is the latest version of security update, the 
> known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer and 
> MS Outlook/Express as well as six new vulnerabilities, and is 
> discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-005. Install now to 
> protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which 
> could allow an attacker to run code on your computer.
> 
> 
> Description of several well-know vulnerabilities:
> 
> ...
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