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frannyan ([personal profile] frannyan) wrote2003-08-31 03:38 pm

nasty little. VIRUS WARNING.

Got an email claiming to be from Microsoft [security@microsoft.com] with the body text:

Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
More than 500.000 already infected!



If you get this email, DELETE it. It's most likely a virus. Microsoft does notsend out email alerts unsolisited, no do they address the user as 'Friend' Only download patches directly from the Microsoft site.


Please pass this along.

[identity profile] krile.livejournal.com 2003-08-31 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I got that message too in my bulk folder in Yahoo mail. I just deleted it without even looking at it, since indeed it sounds like it's TRYING to give us all a virus. Pfft.