Re: Ms mailing me to run New Critical Pack?!

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Jacob,

That is a virus/trojan sent to you by spammers. Microsoft never sends critical updates though
emails.

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"jacob" <jacob_mu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uKNsWJnMGHA.3728@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
i've just received a mail from 'MS Corp Security Section', with the
subject "New Critical pack", and an exe file- 'Upgrade111.exe'.
it states that this is the latest version of security update, and i
should run it (?!)
the msg looks *very* convincing and reliable. is it Ms policy to
send updates by mail, or is it some malicious mail?
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jacob



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