Re: FW: Prove these critical package from the M$ Corporation

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:22:32 +0900 (JST), 1matsui babbled on about FW: Prove these
critical package from the M$ Corporation proclaiming:

-}Microsoft Consumer
-}
-}this is the latest version of security update, the
-}"September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes
-}all known security vulnerabilities affecting
-}MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express.
-}Install now to help protect your computer.

First off, if you have the "update notification" program installed for Internet Explorer,
it will open a window asking if you want to go to the Microsoft website or not. Microsoft
will not just send out files to you. You have to go and get them. If you are sent a file
from some place claiming to be Microsoft, you can be sure it's not genuine.

Before I go any further I must inform you and anyone who doesn't already know, this is the
latest virus running wild. Avoid opening it. It has been given the names W32.Swen.A@mm and
Worm.Automat.AHB depending on the strain. You can get the removal program from
Symantec/Norton at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oval.tool.html
You can get detailed information about the virus at
http://
And it lists the screen images that it presents (including the one you describe), the file
names and messages it can send out, etc. Essential reading. But remember: You're nobody
special Microsoft wouldn't waste its time sending a file especially for you.

-}System requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
-}This update applies to:
-} - MS Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later
-} - MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
-} - MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later

You'd think Microsoft would know what version you have if it was clever enough to send out
a file just for you. Therefore the above notice is not necessary.

-}Recommendation: Customers should install the patch at the earliest opportunity.

If I could get a decent browser under DOS I'd still be using it religiously.

-}Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base articles can be found on the
Microsoft Technical Support web site.
-}http://support.microsoft.com/

If this had been an actual message from Microsoft, the Knowledge Base article number would
be listed here.

-}The names of the actual companies and products mentioned herein are the trademarks of
their respective owners.

No ****. But since the only company listed was Microsoft, this too is unnecessary. The
script kiddie who wrote this loser of a virus program didn't think things through
logically and worked on peoples' paranoia and gullibility instead. Sloppy sloppy sloppy.

Oh, and finally, when such a message comes through, I also get informed that Norton
AntiVirus has deleted the attachment. Enough said.