[pchelpers] Re: more on the 'microsoft' email

Hi Re-Na,

Saturday, August 23, 2003, 8:03:34 PM, you wrote:

GRH> Tonight when I once again got one of those bogus emails
GRH> from Microsoft, I saved it to the desktop.  Only THEN do I get a
GRH> notice that it is a virus.  You'd think I would get notified when
GRH> it was still in my email program. I figured by saving it to the
GRH> desktop, it would show me what it was and it did.  
GRH> Anyway, I found out what it is called... 
GRH> I-worm Dumaru.  (Don't worry, it's gone now.)

Here's Microsoft's statement.  It doesn't refer to the email that
you're getting, but rather to a faked bulletin, but the info still
applies:

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

--Scott.


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