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Urgent, for outlook express users!
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| Jinglei Ye 2003-06-20, 8:25 pm |
| Recently, I got mail which contains W32.Gibe.B@mm virus. The mail is
something like the following:
Microsoft Customer
this is the latest version of security update, the
"June 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...........
The virus is attached as "update.exe". Please don't open it. Delete it.
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| You will probably find that you will get this e-mail weekly - I do. If
you block the E-mail address, you will find that it arrives form a
different source each time. I have advised Microsoft but they do not
seem to care. I would suggest that you do the same and let Microsoft
know because they are definitely using the Microsoft name.
Ray
Jinglei Ye wrote:
> Recently, I got mail which contains W32.Gibe.B@mm virus. The mail is
> something like the following:
> Microsoft Customer
>
> this is the latest version of security update, the
> "June 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...........
>
> The virus is attached as "update.exe". Please don't open it. Delete it.
>
>
>
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| Jeffrey W. Roach 2003-06-21, 6:24 pm |
| They posted a security bulletin about 3 or 4 weeks ago about this...
--
Jeffrey W. Roach
MCSE, MCSA, CNA, Network+, A+
"Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:3EF4C253.9070407@verizon.net...
> You will probably find that you will get this e-mail weekly - I do. If
> you block the E-mail address, you will find that it arrives form a
> different source each time. I have advised Microsoft but they do not
> seem to care. I would suggest that you do the same and let Microsoft
> know because they are definitely using the Microsoft name.
>
> Ray
>
> Jinglei Ye wrote:
> > Recently, I got mail which contains W32.Gibe.B@mm virus. The mail is
> > something like the following:
> > Microsoft Customer
> >
> > this is the latest version of security update, the
> > "June 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...........
> >
> > The virus is attached as "update.exe". Please don't open it. Delete it.
> >
> >
> >
>
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| They meaning Microsoft?
What was the recommendation?
Ray
Jeffrey W. Roach wrote:
> They posted a security bulletin about 3 or 4 weeks ago about this...
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| Jeffrey W. Roach 2003-06-22, 12:25 am |
| Yes Microsoft, they said they do not send attachments, ever; so don't open
attachments in email, delete the email, etc. etc.
I was getting one or two of these a week, I had to laugh each time. Mainly
because MS Security Bulletins come as plain text with a PGP Authincation
String...
--
Jeffrey W. Roach
MCSE, MCSA, CNA, Network+, A+
"Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:3EF5092E.2040406@verizon.net...
> They meaning Microsoft?
>
> What was the recommendation?
>
> Ray
>
> Jeffrey W. Roach wrote:
> > They posted a security bulletin about 3 or 4 weeks ago about this...
> >
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| Andy Foster 2003-06-22, 2:25 am |
| "Jinglei Ye" <jinglei@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<VjOIa.553$Lo6.547@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>...
> Recently, I got mail which contains W32.Gibe.B@mm virus. The mail is
> something like the following:
> Microsoft Customer
>
> this is the latest version of security update, the
> "June 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...........
>
> The virus is attached as "update.exe". Please don't open it. Delete it.
Anyone stupid enough to run an executable from an unsolicited email
deserves everything they get
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