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Adela
Please forgive my taking so much space here, but I hope someone could tell
me how to find out if the following is a GENUINE Microsoft msg, or a
phishing? Also, if this isn't the proper newsgroup, please let me know to
which I should send this post. I clicked on "contact" and there wasn't any
contact there.
Thanks so very much!: Adela
I received the following email, supposedly from Microsoft, on Dec. 15, 2007
at 6:19am but I'm afraid to act on it for fear it's a phishing:
FROM: Microsoft Network Security Center
TO: Commercial Client
SUBJECT: Network Critical Upgrade
Microsoft Client
this is the latest version of security update, the "December 2007,
Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security vulnerabilities
affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. Install
now to protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of
which could allow an malicious user to run code on your computer. This
update includes the functionality of all previously released patches.
Then it lists on a table:
Requirements:
This update applies to:
Recommendations:
How to install:
How to use:
Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base articles can be
found on the Microsoft Technical Support web site. For security-related
information about Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
Advisor web site, or Contact Us.
Thank you for using Microsoft products.
Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored
e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies.
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me how to find out if the following is a GENUINE Microsoft msg, or a
phishing? Also, if this isn't the proper newsgroup, please let me know to
which I should send this post. I clicked on "contact" and there wasn't any
contact there.
Thanks so very much!: Adela
I received the following email, supposedly from Microsoft, on Dec. 15, 2007
at 6:19am but I'm afraid to act on it for fear it's a phishing:
FROM: Microsoft Network Security Center
TO: Commercial Client
SUBJECT: Network Critical Upgrade
Microsoft Client
this is the latest version of security update, the "December 2007,
Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security vulnerabilities
affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. Install
now to protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of
which could allow an malicious user to run code on your computer. This
update includes the functionality of all previously released patches.
Then it lists on a table:
Requirements:
This update applies to:
Recommendations:
How to install:
How to use:
Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base articles can be
found on the Microsoft Technical Support web site. For security-related
information about Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security
Advisor web site, or Contact Us.
Thank you for using Microsoft products.
Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored
e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The names of the actual companies and products mentioned herein are
the trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact Us | Legal | TRUSTe
©2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use |
Privacy Statement | Accessibility