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larry lindgren - 29 Apr 2004 14:29 GMT

why do I keep getting an email which says in subject patch
from Microsoft. My Norton catches it and says it has a
virus. Is Microsoft actually sending it or not?

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Rick T - 29 Apr 2004 14:48 GMT

> why do I keep getting an email which says in subject patch
> from Microsoft. My Norton catches it and says it has a
> virus. Is Microsoft actually sending it or not?

nope. M$ doesn't email people.

Rick

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Jack E Martinelli - 29 Apr 2004 17:01 GMT

Microsoft Policies on Software Distribution

Microsoft never distributes software directly via e-mail
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/policy/swdist.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/news/patch_hoax.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/virus/alerts/swen.asp

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Bob K - 30 Apr 2004 16:06 GMT

Larry:
<br>
As the others mentioned, what you are receiving is a bogus
e-mail with a virus attached. I mentioned in another
thread in this newsgroup that I unwisely put one of my e-
mail addresses in the reply line here, and very quickly I
was getting a dozen Norton warnings a day...including some
purportedly from Microsoft. So you're getting virus
warnings for a very good reason. DON'T OPEN THEM!
<br><br>
Bob K

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