[pchelpers] Re: email from Microsoft?

Hi Re-Na,

Friday, August 22, 2003, 6:27:49 PM, you wrote:

GRH> I've been getting this message today:
GRH> Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
GRH> There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
GRH> More than 500.000 already infected!
GRH> The sender is from security@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
GRH> and the file it has attached is patch.exe (9.40kb)

Microsoft does NOT send files via email, and they do NOT send
unsolicited email.

The email that they do send (solicited) always points to a link on
their site, which normally has essentially the same information.

--Scott.


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