Bloody Viruses

Posted on 2003/09/19 11:43:44 (September 2003) by john.

Security update? My arse.

Overnight I received a suspicious 91 emails from Microsoft, "Security Department" and so on with subjects along the lines of "New Security Update", "Newest Security Update", "Last Security Update" - all slightly different. All of them had attachments. In the safe quarantine of a remote email browser, wearing plastic gloves, I carefully opened one up to find all the following gumf. I would assume I'm not the only person being inundated with these today. Obviously they've all been deleted now.


MS Partner

this is the latest version of security update, the
"September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which resolves
all known security vulnerabilities affecting
MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express
as well as three new vulnerabilities.
Install now to protect your computer
from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could
allow an malicious user to run code on your system.
This update includes the functionality of all previously released patches.

System requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
This update applies to:
- MS Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later
- MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
- MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later

Recommendation: Customers should install the patch at the earliest opportunity.
How to install: Run attached file. Choose Yes on displayed dialog box.
How to use: You don't need to do anything after installing this item.


Microsoft Product Support Services and Knowledge Base articles can be found on
the Microsoft Technical Support web site.
http://support.microsoft.com/

For security-related information about Microsoft products, please visit the
Microsoft Security Advisor web site
http://www.microsoft.com/security/

Thank you for using Microsoft products.

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Good aren't they :(

http://www.pnotepad.org/devlog/archives/000062.html

Posted by Simon at 2003/09/19 13:34:52.

It's odd though - I don't think I've ever had this before, well maybe once, but then all of a suden I've received over 100 (at the current count) in 24 hours.

Posted by John at 2003/09/19 13:39:24.

I´ve got it too this morning.
Anyone know the name of the virus?

Posted by JEP at 2003/09/22 08:19:51.

Something like W32.Gibe.F, w32.swen.a@mm, WORM_SWEN.A or w32_swen_a_mm.

Posted by John at 2003/09/22 08:29:58.

We just received it (26 Sept) also - what a bloody pain in the a*** (or to be more precise recieved 100s of the damn things). In the process of looking at trendmicro.com for some info on it.

Posted by Rob Morris at 2003/09/26 14:44:46.

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