Virus attached to e-mail.

I received an e-mail tonight suposedly from microsoft which contained a virus.

Thought I'd warn you all.

The virus was in the form of an attachment and the e-mail was supposed to be
for a security update.

"(Mr.) Adriaan Barel" wrote:

> I received an e-mail tonight suposedly from microsoft which contained a virus.
>
> Thought I'd warn you all.

From: "(Mr.) Adriaan Barel" <>

| I received an e-mail tonight suposedly from microsoft which contained a virus.
|
| Thought I'd warn you all.

It is doing nobody any good posting it here !

There are several Internet worms that masquerade as patches from Microsoft. The most common
are; Swen, Dumaru, Gibe and Torvil. All AV companies and Microsoft are fully aware of this
problem.

All you can do is...

1. Keep your AV package up-to-date
2. Create email "rules" to auto-delete the offending messages
3. Petition your ISP to install AV software on their respective email servers.
4. Install all MS Critical Updates via the Windows Update web site.
5. Always munge your email address when posting to UseNet
6. If all else fails, Change your email address.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine -
http://www.microsoft.com/security/in...cate_mail.mspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

(Mr.) Adriaan Barel wrote:
> I received an e-mail tonight suposedly from microsoft which contained a
> virus.
>
> Thought I'd warn you all.