Re: Virus warning

["Mike Curtis" <ironman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yup - never open an email attachment you received unexpectedly.

PERIOD!

ALWAYS ask the sender for verification, even if it's your own mother.
Viruses counterfeit names and send themselves out.

Microsoft and other large companies do not email patches.  Most have
download sites.  Microsoft has auto-update built into many of its products,
and can optionally download and/or install these automagically.

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; <harpon@xxxxxxxxxx>; <harptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 4:03 PM
Subject: Virus warning


>
> I've just received an email purporting to come from Microsoft, saying that
I
> should open the attachment that came with it in order to install an
> important security patch.  The attachment ("patch 698.exe") contains a
virus
> (W32/Gibe.gen@MM).  The hotmail virus scan picked it up before I opened
it.
> It looked very convincing - beware!
>
> Steve Shaw.
>
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