Critical update spam?

[Looboo]

I have been getting daily emails as shown below:

"Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:38:42 +0200 (GMT)
From: MS Corporation Network Security Department@ Add to Address Book,
To: "Microsoft User" <ncfuxb@lb.redirect.msnbc.com>
Subject: latest internet patch




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this is the latest version of security update, the "December 2001, ########## 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 continue keeping your computer secure from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to run executable on your computer. This update includes the functionality of all previously released patches.


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
Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the earliest opportunity.
How to install Run attached file. Choose Yes on displayed dialog box.
How to use You don't need to do anything after installing this item.

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This email claims to be from Microsoft. I thought that MS never sends emails with patches. So I have been deleting them as I receive them. It has been sent to my Yahoo email, not my primary. Am I right to think that something is not right here?

Thanks

[Vic 970]

it's a virus. do not open. or view.

I got several a while back, then they stopped as sudden as they started.

do you use mailwasher (or similar)

[Looboo]

Thanks for the quick reply- No I don't use that program. Just have Norton AV installed. But the messages are all deleted.

(Web based Yahoo)

[Budfred]

Delete, Delete, Delete!!!!

A friend sent me a copy yesterday asking about this nasty. I told him I was removing any trace from my computer and advised him to do the same.

I suggest that you get MailWasher or a similar email/SPAM program and delete things like that before you even download off of the server. NAV will stop it if it tries to open (assuming your definitions are up to date), but it will not prevent it being downloaded in the first place....

[Looboo]

I use OE for my primary MSN account, but does Mailwasher also work with a web based Yahoo account, for example?

[Budfred]

You have to get the Pro version for Web based accounts and I believe it is something like $20 or $30...