just a note of caution on entering your real email
address when posting a thread, shortly after i made a new
topic and used my real email address I recieved 2 emails
disguised as official microsoft emails, which claimed to
be OS updates and had .exe files attached!
i ran a spyware etc check from my pc and they were found
to be malicous content. and i deleted them.
Since i used a macintosh for internet and email i am
quite safe from these kind of attacks, but if i tried to
open them on my win pc they would run and probably infect
it.
So just be careful guys!

Re: posting your email may get you a virus! by Kevin

Kevin
Thu May 13 11:26:22 CDT 2004

Microsoft never sends emails with executable files for updates. Everyone
knows that. All operating system updates are done at the Windows Update
website.

"kezg" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:c9fc01c438fd$3d6bc1d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> just a note of caution on entering your real email
> address when posting a thread, shortly after i made a new
> topic and used my real email address I recieved 2 emails
> disguised as official microsoft emails, which claimed to
> be OS updates and had .exe files attached!
> i ran a spyware etc check from my pc and they were found
> to be malicous content. and i deleted them.
> Since i used a macintosh for internet and email i am
> quite safe from these kind of attacks, but if i tried to
> open them on my win pc they would run and probably infect
> it.
> So just be careful guys!



Re: posting your email may get you a virus! by anonymous

anonymous
Thu May 13 12:21:08 CDT 2004

Not everyone knows that. I didn't, and I'm glad that the original message was posted to let us know about i

----- Kevin wrote: ----

Microsoft never sends emails with executable files for updates. Everyon
knows that. All operating system updates are done at the Windows Updat
website

"kezg" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messag
news:c9fc01c438fd$3d6bc1d0$a501280a@phx.gbl..
> just a note of caution on entering your real emai
> address when posting a thread, shortly after i made a ne
> topic and used my real email address I recieved 2 email
> disguised as official microsoft emails, which claimed t
> be OS updates and had .exe files attached
> i ran a spyware etc check from my pc and they were foun
> to be malicous content. and i deleted them
> Since i used a macintosh for internet and email i a
> quite safe from these kind of attacks, but if i tried t
> open them on my win pc they would run and probably infec
> it
> So just be careful guys