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Faux Windows patch

September 19, 2003 by Scott Rosenberg

There’s a grotesque new virus out there masquerading as a Microsoft Windows software patch. When I received it in my own email it took one look at it and laughed. But it’s easy to see where less careful (or jaded) eyes might be fooled. Here’s a screenshot. Here are the gory details. Be warned: Microsoft isn’t sending out operating system patches as attachments in email! Just as Ebay isn’t really asking you to update your account info. Caveat e-mail-ptor.

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