-=PCTechTalk=- Microsoft Update`
- From: <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:31:26 -0700
I just want to warn everyone. Be careful as this email looks like the real
thing!
I just got an email supposedly from Microsoft that was sooooo convincing
looking. It used their colors..had links to their website and all! I
clicked on the links..and they looked like they went to the real site..but
we know you can put a like to a real site in an email.
I used my IE and went to the Microsoft Update and there were no available
updates for my system as I had them all. This is the most real looking
email I have ever received that I KNOW cannot be real!
lt was a security update with an .exe file attached that was 106kb
It was Patch68.exe
Rose
Las Vegas
Here is the contents of the email
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Microsoft Client
this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003,
Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities
affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as
three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your computer
from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow an
attacker to run executable on your system. This update includes the
functionality of all previously released patches.
System requirements Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
This update applies to MS Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later
MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the earliest
opportunity.
How to install Run attached file. Choose Yes on displayed dialog box.
How to use You don't need to do anything after installing this item.
Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base articles can be
found on the Microsoft Technical Support web site. For security-related
information about Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
Advisor web site, or Contact Us.
Thank you for using Microsoft products.
Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored
e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies.
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