Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

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Oh Please !
Microsoft does Automatic updates, Right ??

Just the latest virus / spy ware /Whatever going round..

On Aug 11, 7:11 pm, Albert Lason <amla...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello all,

This morning when I was downloading my e-mail from Windows live mail
and my AVG virus program told me that there was a worm in the e-mail I
just downloaded. The e-mail represented itself as follows (it's a
copy and paste and I added the quotation mark's);

"MS Customer

this is the latest version of security update, the "August 2008,
Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security
vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS
Outlook Express as well as three 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."

You'll notice that the paragraph's first word is not capitalized. Also
there was a .EXE file attachment which AVG neutralized.

I tried calling Microsoft to get a hold of their security and for
about an hour it was a complete exercise in futility. All I wanted
was an e-mail address that I could send a copy of the e-mail I
received representing itself as from Microsoft. Other than the no
capital letter at the beginning of the paragraph it look quite
authentic.

Does anyone here happened to have an e-mail address to send this to
Microsoft's security division?

Albert

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