[TowerTalk] RE: Fw: Use this patch immediately! *NOT!*

[Hsu, Aaron]

Microsoft made several announcements that they *NEVER* and *WILL NEVER* send out patches via e-mail.  Their advice is to visit the Microsoft website and download whatever patches you need directly from them.  It's easy to forge a return e-mail address and anything sent out via e-mail with a MS e-mail address is most likely a virus or trojan.

Even when working with Microsoft's Premier Support, they've always directed me to an FTP site to get a patch/update/workaround.  Never have they sent me anything via e-mail.

  - Aaron Hsu, NN6O


-----Original Message-----
From: on4kj [mailto:on4kj at skynet.be]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:37 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: Use this patch immediately !


Someone knows if this originates realy from Microsoft ?
Or is it just a bad bar of chocolat?
I received this msg on  a  regular base since early September.

JOS on4kj

----- Original Message -----
From: "Microsoft" <security at microsoft.com>
To: <on4kj at skynet.be>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:25 PM
Subject: Use this patch immediately !


> Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
> There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
> More than 500.000 already infected!
>