got MS Mailing?

[Andrew Mathews]

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Ken Moffat wrote:
| I have received this thing a few times. Seems genuine, but has an
| attachment that is called "installer.exe" that i would bet is a
| virus/trojan/whatever:
| =====================
| MS Customer
|
| this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003,
| Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security
| vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS
| Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities.
| Install now to help protect your computer from these vulnerabilities.
| This update includes the functionality of all previously released patches.
| [snip]
| * Recommendation* Customers should install the patch at the earliest
| opportunity.
| =====================
|
| Anyone else seen this?
|

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/19/worm.swen.reut/index.html

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html

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Andrew Mathews
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~ 12:40pm  up 8 days,  1:03, 13 users,  load average: 1.41, 1.71, 1.57
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Not SENSUOUS ... only "FROLICSOME" ... and in need of DENTAL WORK ... in
PAIN!!!
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