Microsoft Network Security Pack

[Bill Moran]

Chip Morton wrote:
> Did anybody else get an e-mail message like this, or was I targeted 
> specifically?  This actually came with an attachment called 
> UPDATE107.EXE that was about 152 KB in size.

This is a Windows trojan.  I've been getting about one a week.

> 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> FROM: "MS Customer Assistance" <oxnguf_gyxgwwdnsu at newsletters.msdn.com>
> TO: "MS Partner" <>
> SUBJECT: Network Security Pack.
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="iULYxKKfFiPmu"
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 03:38:56 -0400
> Message-ID: <auto-000104473208 at remt27.cluster1.charter.net>
> X-UIDL: "6=!!/5j!!/#e!!]Wl!!
> Status: RO
> 
> 
> MS Partner
> 
> this is the latest version of security update, the
> "July 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates
> all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer,
> Outlook and Outlook Express as well as five newly
> discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your computer
> from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow
> an attacker to run executable on your system. This update includes
> the functionality of all previously released patches.
> 
> System requirements Win 9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
> This update applies to Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later
> Microsoft Outlook, version 8.00 and later
> Microsoft Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
> Recommendation Customers should install the patch at the earliest 
> opportunity.
> How to install Run attached file. Click 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 <http://support.microsoft.com/>Microsoft Technical 
> Support web site.
> For security-related information about Microsoft products, please
> visit the <http://www.microsoft.com/security>Microsoft Security Advisor 
> web site, or 
> <http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/goregwiz.asp?target=/contactus/contactus.asp>Contact 
> us.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thank you for using Microsoft products.
> 
> Best regards from
> MS Customer Assistance
> 
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