On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:08:44 +1200 (NZST) "Simon Byrnand" wrote: | Just in case a few people didn't pick up on your sarcasm, that message | is in fact a fake, and as well as that, the copy that I received was | infected with the I-Worm.gibe.b virus. More precisely, the message is deliberately sent as a dropper for the worm - in other words it is the primary means of its transmission. See: http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/gibe_b.shtml inter alia | Hmm so what do we have here I wonder, someone deliberately attaching | a copy of a virus to a fake Microsoft bulletin, or a virus that | automatically sends itself along with a fake Microsoft bulletin ? It has been doing the rounds since February this year, all that changes each round is the date of the alleged "patch". This one was the August 2003 edition. It catches a few more people every time, and given the publicity that MSBlast has just had, it may well catch rather more this time, due to the extensive news reports that Microsoft had just issued a patch. |> With friendly greetings, |> Microsoft Corporation Network Customer Services That, however, may well be the giveaway clue to it being bogus ... Best Regards -- Richard Cox %% HELO - the first word of every Email transaction - is in Welsh! %%