'MS Support' e-mails

[chris123]

Anyone else getting bombarded with e-mails allegedly from Microsoft offering security updates in attachments. I get the regular ones on the task bar once in a while, but have had about 12 today. They are always followed by an 'undeliverable' message.

 

[CyberGoth]

shrugs, its part of the "background radiation" of the internet;

 

[Big Bear]

Under Attack

Chris, you are receiving either a virus or worm with these e-mails. There was a warning about this about a week ago from Microsoft. They do not send out individually addressed e-mails from their support group.

I suggest you update your anti-virus software and then run a check on your system. You will probably find some nasty surprises. I was getting these and asked my IS guy about it and he ended up having to spend about an hour cleaning up my system.

Sorry about that.

 

[Paul Waters]

Never, never double click an attachment.

Never use Outlook.

 

[yoyo]

I'd suggest that you find an ISP that blocks that crap out for you automatically. There are hundreds (thousands?) that use a service from http://www.postini.com that blocks out viruses and up to about 99% of spam. There are hundreds more that use other systems to do the same (not quite as effectively though).

I'd put a blatent plug for my own service, but that'd be inappropriate and probably not good in terms maintaining anonymity.