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| Thread ID: 36689 | 2003-08-17 23:15:00 | False Blaster Fix - is actually a Trojan | KiwiTT (4082) | Press F1 |
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| 168300 | 2003-08-17 23:15:00 | There is a new email doing the rounds purporting to be from webmaster@microsoft.com. It includes a "fix" for the blaster worm. This is false. If you receive it, delete it. It is a variant of the Backdoor-ARR trojan. | KiwiTT (4082) | ||
| 168301 | 2003-08-17 23:20:00 | Usual story, usual answer: Microsoft does not email anybody, much less supply unrequested fixes. Only newbies (who can be excused) or the truly gullible fall for these. Cheers Billy 8-{) :| |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 168302 | 2003-08-18 00:44:00 | >>Microsoft does not email anybody I wouldn't have got my 120 day evaluation copy of Win XP if they didn't. I have received email from Microsoft New Zealand. >>the truly gullible fall Don't be too hard on people. We all make mistakes. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 168303 | 2003-08-18 00:52:00 | Thanks for the info . Have just emailed all my users . Quote from Microsoft . com Microsoft never distributes software directly via e-mail . We distribute software on physical media like CD ROMs and floppy disks . We distribute upgrades via the Internet . When we do this, the software will be available via our web site . We occasionally send e-mail to customers to inform them that upgrades are available . However, the e-mail will only provide links to the download sites -- we will never attach the software itself to the e-mail . The links will always lead to either our web site or our FTP site, never to a third-party site . We always use Authenticode to digitally sign our products and allow you to ensure that they have not been tampered with . If you receive an e-mail that claims to contain software from Microsoft, do not run the attachment . The safest course of action is to delete the mail altogether . If you would like to take additional action, report the e-mail to the sender's Internet Service Provider . Most ISPs provide an "abuse" userid for this purpose . |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 168304 | 2003-08-18 00:56:00 | Did you request to be emailed first Dolby? I think you might have. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 168305 | 2003-08-18 01:04:00 | Actually I do get emails from Microsoft. Specifically security bulletins that I have subscribed for. On some weeks it feels like I'm being spammed by them!!! |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 168306 | 2003-08-18 01:12:00 | If you want a location you can trust, I've uploaded it myself: http://www.rescueman.tk But for the most of it, I'm willing to be people dont know about getting a fix from there :-) I've been emailed from MS, but they dont make attachments, thats for suer :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 168307 | 2003-08-18 01:31:00 | > Actually I do get emails from Microsoft. > Specifically security bulletins that I have > subscribed for. > > On some weeks it feels like I'm being spammed by > them!!! It appears that this topic is about unsolicited emails with attachments from Microsoft though, not emails that one has subscribed to and expects. One can usually expect *some* emails from Microsoft in their Hotmail/Msn accounts but not in their IP email account where the likes of this one may come in. |
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