[ale] OT: Mesg from M$

Chris Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Fri Mar 21 19:51:54 EST 2003


Do they have a patch to protect against the vulnerability of user
ignorance.


On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 19:43, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
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> I tend to think that any email sent from microsoft.com to the general 
> public, would at least have gooder grammer then that.
> 
> :)
> 
> - -CB
> 
> 
> 
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
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> |I would put money on it being viral. M$ as a general rule does NOT send
> |email notices with a patch, fix, bug repair or anything.
> |
> |If you would like, send it to me as an attachment in a zip file (.zip or
> |.gz) and I'll run it through the F-prot checker.
> |
> |On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 13:40, Chris Fowler wrote:
> |
> |>I got the following text and a executable called update93.exe attached.
> |>Is it viral.
> |>
> |>
> |>Microsoft Corporation Customer
> |>
> |>this is the latest version of security update, the
> |>"March 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates
> |>all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer,
> |>Outlook and Outlook Express as well as five 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.
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |>
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