[ale] OT: Mesg from M$

[James P. Kinney III]

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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