[ale] OT: Mesg from M$

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 19:51, Chris Fowler wrote:
> Do they have a patch to protect against the vulnerability of user
> ignorance.
> 
It's not an officially supported patch. The patch is called Linux :)

> 
> On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 19:43, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
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> > I tend to think that any email sent from microsoft.com to the general 
> > public, would at least have gooder grammer then that.
> > 
> > :)
> > 
> > - -CB
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > 
> > |I would put money on it being viral. M$ as a general rule does NOT send
> > |email notices with a patch, fix, bug repair or anything.
> > |
> > |If you would like, send it to me as an attachment in a zip file (.zip or
> > |.gz) and I'll run it through the F-prot checker.
> > |
> > |On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 13:40, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > |
> > |>I got the following text and a executable called update93.exe attached.
> > |>Is it viral.
> > |>
> > |>
> > |>Microsoft Corporation Customer
> > |>
> > |>this is the latest version of security update, the
> > |>"March 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates
> > |>all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer,
> > |>Outlook and Outlook Express as well as five newly
> > |>discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your computer
> > |>from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow
> > |>an attacker to run executable on your system. This update includes
> > |>the functionality of all previously released patches.
> > |>
> > |>
> > |>
> > |>
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