Re: WINDOWS XP UPDATES SENT VIA EMAIL

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Pappion wrote:

I have been assured by MS that they do NOT send me updates and
information via email (I am signed up to have automatic downloads and
receive them that way--in my sys tray). However, I've been receiving
emails from "Microsoft" and yet the company tells me they do NOT send
out information via email.


If they E-mail messages contain attachments that purport to be updates, they
are*not* from Microsoft and they almost certainly contain viruses. Do not
run them.

If they are just information, they may well be from Microsoft. You may have
signed up for one or more Microsoft newsletters.


To whom should I report this?


Assuming that these have attachments, there's nobody you need report it to.
Microsoft is well aware that this kind of thing goes on. Unfortunately, like
all the other kind of spoofing, phishing, and spamming, it's very difficult
to put a stop to.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

I have
notified my DSL company by sending them the headers, et al. Thank
you.


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