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10-20-2003, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: minn
Posts: 948
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microsoft virus warning emailed to me.
i got a email from security@microsoft about a patch attachment they wanted me to install. they said it was serious with 500,000 users affected so far.
is this a scam or legit??? i don't use windows update since i install them myself at microsoft.com for this win98se pc so just how ms got my email is ?? anybody else get this email?? |
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10-20-2003, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Na Pali Haven
Posts: 2,812
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i didn't get it and im runnin 98. sounds like a scam. i have never known $M to send e-mails out and why would they? they would have to send out e-mails to millions of computers!
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10-20-2003, 07:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bozeman, Montana, USA
Posts: 68
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Yes it is a scam!!!
I have received that message four times across three different email accounts. The attachment is the virus W32/Swen@MM I belive. I checked it just to make sure, even though I only run Linux. |
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