Re: updates via e-mail; are they legit?

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From: Alan Edwards (edwards_at_southcom.com.au)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:03:40 +1000

No, they are not legit. Microsoft does not email attachments.
Your anti-virus will tell you what virus the attachment is.

...Alan 

-- 
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html
 
In microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, "Doug"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I get an e-mail on my yahoo account with an attachment 
>claiming to be from Microsoft every month which reads:
>
>MS Customer
>
>this is the latest version of security update, the "July 
>2004, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known 
>security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, 
>MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. Install now to maintain 
>the security of your computer from these vulnerabilities, 
>the most serious of which could allow an attacker to run 
>code on your system. This update includes the 
>functionality of all previously released patches. 
>
>The current attachment is titled q727723.exe.  Is this a 
>legitiment file?
>
>Thanks

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