Subj : Re: Do M$ usually spam people? ^_~
To   : comp.os.linux
From : ibuprofin
Date : Tue Aug 17 2004 12:47 pm

[Delayed posting - news server problems]

In article <cfot15$jvt$1@s1.uklinux.net>, Paul Nolan wrote:
>>>Hmm... just recieved quite a suspicious email (apparently from 
>>>Microsoft, even though I have never owned a copy of Windows or DOS in my 
>>>life), concerning an upgrade (attached)

Can you spell "ENORMOUS RED FLAG" ???    A few seconds with google
would catch tens of thousands of hits like this, with the same answer.
It's a worm/trojan/virus sent out by the clueless, hoping to trap other
clueless.  Microsoft (and any other vendor) does NOT send out "patches"
by unsolicited mail. Period. End of Story.   I forget what the name of
the worm was, but earlier this year, we were positively flooded  with
such mails, which is why the mail server is now configured to reject
any mail containing an attachment. I recall someone posting that they
were receiving over ten thousand such mails per hour at the time.

>Sorry, was a bit inebriated when I wrote that ^_^

No excuse.  You will be fined ten doggy bisquits and sentenced to ten
days duty in the trenches. Man that seat on the helldesk over there. -->

>Anyway, pretty sure is a virus, as the email address is at ms.com
>(Morgan Stanley ^_^) not microsoft.com, and IIRC, the 'o' in the MS logo
>has a little cleft in it (as I'm being mature, no jokes about chinks in
>the armour ^_^)

Like I said - from the clueless for the clueless.

>BTW, re: Dollar Sign - old habits die hard (ex-patron of
>comp.sys.acorn.misc)

Yeah, I normally don't capitalize it when spelled out, and often use
the dollar sign or 'micros~1' for the same reason, though I never
played with nuts.  ;-)

        Old guy

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