Re: [IMail Forum] Microsoft Spoof

[Jeff Reinhardt]

One thing to note.  Microsoft DOES NOT send exe attachments with security announcements.   If you subscribe to their security list, you will know that they only include links to their site and the pages that contain their updates.   I imagine this is a worm or trojan someone is sending to get into your systems.   I recommend against running the EXE and since they did not even bother to use a real knowledge base article number  (q216309 does not exist on the MS KB site) this would further my suspicions about the email.   Jeff Reinhardt XFire Software & XFire Web ________________________ http://www.xfireweb.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: IMail To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:10 AM Subject: [IMail Forum] Microsoft Spoof Anybody else getting these?  The subject is "Internet Security Update" and it looks legitimate.  If not watch out and DO NOT click on the attached .exe!   Microsoft Customer,        this is the latest version of security update, the "9 Mar 2002 Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer and MS Outlook/Express as well as six new vulnerabilities, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-005. Install now to protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to run code on your computer. Description of several well-know vulnerabilities:   - "Incorrect MIME Header Can Cause IE to Execute E-mail Attachment" vulnerability. If a malicious user sends an affected HTML e-mail or hosts an affected e-mail on a Web site, and a user opens the e-mail or visits the Web site, Internet Explorer automatically runs the executable on the user's computer.   - A vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized user to learn the location of cached content on your computer. This could enable the unauthorized user to launch compiled HTML Help (.chm) files that contain shortcuts to executables, thereby enabling the unauthorized user to run the executables on your computer.   - A new variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability could enable a malicious Web site operator to open two browser windows, one in the Web site's domain and the other on your local file system, and to pass information from your computer to the Web site.   - CLSID extension vulnerability. Attachments which end with a CLSID file extension do not show the actual full extension of the file when saved and viewed with Windows Explorer. This allows dangerous file types to look as though they are simple, harmless files - such as JPG or WAV files - that do not need to be blocked. System requirements: Versions of Windows no earlier than Windows 95.   This update applies to: Versions of Internet Explorer no earlier than 4.01 Versions of MS Outlook no earlier than 8.00 Versions of MS Outlook Express no earlier than 4.01   How to install Run attached file q216309.exe   How to use You don't need to do anything after installing this item. For more information about these issues, read Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-005, or visit link below. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/default.asp If you have some questions about this article contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Thank you for using Microsoft products.   With friendly greetings, MS Internet Security Center. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Microsoft is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows and Outlook are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.