I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

[Guest Albert Lason]

Hello all,

 

This morning when I was downloading my e-mail from Windows live mail

and my AVG virus program told me that there was a worm in the e-mail I

just downloaded. The e-mail represented itself as follows (it's a

copy and paste and I added the quotation mark's);

 

"MS Customer

 

this is the latest version of security update, the "August 2008,

Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security

vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS

Outlook Express as well as three 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."

 

You'll notice that the paragraph's first word is not capitalized. Also

there was a .EXE file attachment which AVG neutralized.

 

I tried calling Microsoft to get a hold of their security and for

about an hour it was a complete exercise in futility. All I wanted

was an e-mail address that I could send a copy of the e-mail I

received representing itself as from Microsoft. Other than the no

capital letter at the beginning of the paragraph it look quite

authentic.

 

Does anyone here happened to have an e-mail address to send this to

Microsoft's security division?

 

 

Albert

[Guest Malke]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

Albert Lason wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> This morning when I was downloading my e-mail from Windows live mail

> and my AVG virus program told me that there was a worm in the e-mail I

> just downloaded. The e-mail represented itself as follows (it's a

> copy and paste and I added the quotation mark's);

 

(snip quote of typical malware-laden hoax email)

 

Microsoft *never* sends emails with attachments unless you are specifically

requesting a hot fix. Microsoft *never* sends unsolicited emails with

attachments. Never.

 

I'm sorry that you went through all the trouble of trying to contact the

company but it is really unnecessary to do this. Microsoft and Everyone

Else knows about these types of emails (which are extremely common and have

been so for years) and there is nothing that anyone can do about it.

 

What can you do? Delete the emails unopened and move on.

 

Malke

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[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

It didn't come from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't send emails like that

and Microsoft doesn't refer to itself as MS, as in "MS Customer".

 

John

 

Albert Lason wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> This morning when I was downloading my e-mail from Windows live mail

> and my AVG virus program told me that there was a worm in the e-mail I

> just downloaded. The e-mail represented itself as follows (it's a

> copy and paste and I added the quotation mark's);

>

> "MS Customer

>

> this is the latest version of security update, the "August 2008,

> Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security

> vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS

> Outlook Express as well as three 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."

>

> You'll notice that the paragraph's first word is not capitalized. Also

> there was a .EXE file attachment which AVG neutralized.

>

> I tried calling Microsoft to get a hold of their security and for

> about an hour it was a complete exercise in futility. All I wanted

> was an e-mail address that I could send a copy of the e-mail I

> received representing itself as from Microsoft. Other than the no

> capital letter at the beginning of the paragraph it look quite

> authentic.

>

> Does anyone here happened to have an e-mail address to send this to

> Microsoft's security division?

>

>

> Albert

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

Fraudulent Emails Targeting Microsoft Customers - Microsoft Security:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/msemail.mspx

 

Recognizing Phishing Scams and Fraudulent / Hoax Emails - Microsoft

Security:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/identify.mspx

 

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

Albert Lason wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> This morning when I was downloading my e-mail from Windows live mail

> and my AVG virus program told me that there was a worm in the e-mail I

> just downloaded. The e-mail represented itself as follows (it's a

> copy and paste and I added the quotation mark's);

>

> "MS Customer

>

> this is the latest version of security update, the "August 2008,

> Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security

> vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS

> Outlook Express as well as three 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."

>

> You'll notice that the paragraph's first word is not capitalized. Also

> there was a .EXE file attachment which AVG neutralized.

>

> I tried calling Microsoft to get a hold of their security and for

> about an hour it was a complete exercise in futility. All I wanted

> was an e-mail address that I could send a copy of the e-mail I

> received representing itself as from Microsoft. Other than the no

> capital letter at the beginning of the paragraph it look quite

> authentic.

>

> Does anyone here happened to have an e-mail address to send this to

> Microsoft's security division?

>

>

> Albert

[Guest Albert Lason]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:31:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)"

<audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>It didn't come from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't send emails like that

>and Microsoft doesn't refer to itself as MS, as in "MS Customer".

>

>John

>

>Albert Lason wrote:

 

I know it was not a legitimate e-mail from Microsoft all I was trying

to do is give them some information is how to track it down.

 

Anyway, this is the sender's e-mail address if someone wants to use it

to try to get it stopped. This particular e-mail is going into the

junk mail. Thank you anyway.

 

pdexec@technet.com

 

 

Albert

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

 

"Albert Lason" <amlason@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:1al1a4le1gaje2or21u55bh8visj9etoqu@4ax.com...

> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:31:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)"

> <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>

>>It didn't come from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't send emails like that

>>and Microsoft doesn't refer to itself as MS, as in "MS Customer".

>>

>>John

>>

>>Albert Lason wrote:

>

> I know it was not a legitimate e-mail from Microsoft

 

Yet, that's precisely what your subject line says.

> all I was trying

> to do is give them some information is how to track it down.

>

> Anyway, this is the sender's e-mail address if someone wants to use it

> to try to get it stopped.

 

You will likely find that that email address may or may not be real, but it

most certainly isn't the real sender's address.

 

Any relevant tracing information is actually in the headers of the email,

which you should forward to your ISP instead, not here or to Microsoft.

 

HTH

-pk

 

> This particular e-mail is going into the

> junk mail. Thank you anyway.

>

 

<snipped>

>

>

> Albert

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

[if you used your real Hotmail address when posting to this newsgroup,

expect a lot more spam in the coming days!]

 

Albert Lason wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:31:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)"

> <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>

>> It didn't come from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't send emails like that

>> and Microsoft doesn't refer to itself as MS, as in "MS Customer".

>>

>> John

>>

>> Albert Lason wrote:

>

> I know it was not a legitimate e-mail from Microsoft all I was trying

> to do is give them some information is how to track it down.

>

> Anyway, this is the sender's e-mail address if someone wants to use it

> to try to get it stopped. This particular e-mail is going into the

> junk mail. Thank you anyway.

>

> pdexec@technet.com

>

>

> Albert

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

 

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

news:uGUgPFD$IHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>

> "Albert Lason" <amlason@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:1al1a4le1gaje2or21u55bh8visj9etoqu@4ax.com...

>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:31:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)"

>> <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>>

>>>It didn't come from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't send emails like that

>>>and Microsoft doesn't refer to itself as MS, as in "MS Customer".

>>>

>>>John

>>>

>>>Albert Lason wrote:

>>

>> I know it was not a legitimate e-mail from Microsoft

>

> Yet, that's precisely what your subject line says.

>

>> all I was trying

>> to do is give them some information is how to track it down.

>>

>> Anyway, this is the sender's e-mail address if someone wants to use it

>> to try to get it stopped.

>

> You will likely find that that email address may or may not be real, but

> it most certainly isn't the real sender's address.

>

 

And the legitimate owner of that address won't thank the OP for adding it to

every junk mail address list on the planet.

[Guest BillW50]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

M.I.5¾ wrote:

> "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

> news:uGUgPFD$IHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> "Albert Lason" <amlason@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:1al1a4le1gaje2or21u55bh8visj9etoqu@4ax.com...

>>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:31:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)"

>>> <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>>>

>>>> It didn't come from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't send emails like that

>>>> and Microsoft doesn't refer to itself as MS, as in "MS Customer".

>>>>

>>>> John

>>>>

>>>> Albert Lason wrote:

>>> I know it was not a legitimate e-mail from Microsoft

>> Yet, that's precisely what your subject line says.

>>

>>> all I was trying

>>> to do is give them some information is how to track it down.

>>>

>>> Anyway, this is the sender's e-mail address if someone wants to use it

>>> to try to get it stopped.

>> You will likely find that that email address may or may not be real, but

>> it most certainly isn't the real sender's address.

>

> And the legitimate owner of that address won't thank the OP for adding it to

> every junk mail address list on the planet.

 

Actually the true IP address of the fake IP address can usually be found

by using trace. And the second to the last IP address is the *real*

sender of the message. You can access trace here.

 

http://network-tools.com/

 

--

Bill

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MX6124 (laptop) w/2GB

Windows XP Home SP2 (120GB HD)

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[Guest cheley_bonstell88@live.com]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

Oh Please !

Microsoft does Automatic updates, Right ??

 

Just the latest virus / spy ware /Whatever going round..

 

On Aug 11, 7:11 pm, Albert Lason <amla...@Hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> This morning when I was downloading my e-mail from Windows live mail

> and my AVG virus program told me that there was a worm in the e-mail I

> just downloaded. The e-mail represented itself as follows (it's a

> copy and paste and I added the quotation mark's);

>

> "MS Customer

>

> this is the latest version of security update, the "August 2008,

> Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security

> vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS

> Outlook Express as well as three 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."

>

> You'll notice that the paragraph's first word is not capitalized. Also

> there was a .EXE file attachment which AVG neutralized.

>

> I tried calling Microsoft to get a hold of their security and for

> about an hour it was a complete exercise in futility. All I wanted

> was an e-mail address that I could send a copy of the e-mail I

> received representing itself as from Microsoft. Other than the no

> capital letter at the beginning of the paragraph it look quite

> authentic.

>

> Does anyone here happened to have an e-mail address to send this to

> Microsoft's security division?

>

> Albert

[Guest Albert Lason]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:10:00 -0400, "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null>

wrote:

>

>"Albert Lason" <amlason@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

>news:1al1a4le1gaje2or21u55bh8visj9etoqu@4ax.com...

>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:31:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)"

>> <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>>

>>>It didn't come from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't send emails like that

>>>and Microsoft doesn't refer to itself as MS, as in "MS Customer".

>>>

>>>John

>>>

>>>Albert Lason wrote:

>>

>> I know it was not a legitimate e-mail from Microsoft

>

>Yet, that's precisely what your subject line says.

 

"I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!" was exactly the

subject line. I did not say it was a legitimate Microsoft e-mail but

the e-mail itself did say it was from Microsoft and it did have a warm

according to my antivirus program.

 

The body of the post left no doubt that I knew the e-mail itself was

not legitimate.

 

All I am trying to do is stop this thing before it infects someone.

 

Albert

 

"Snipped"

[Guest BillW50]

Re: I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!

 

In news:1h23a45rdhtnkau2esq8ut21a9r9l70o0m@4ax.com,

Albert Lason <amlason@Hotmail.com> typed:

> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:10:00 -0400, "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null>

> wrote:

>

>> "Albert Lason" <amlason@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:1al1a4le1gaje2or21u55bh8visj9etoqu@4ax.com...

>>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:31:38 -0300, "John John (MVP)"

>>> <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>>>

>>>> It didn't come from Microsoft, Microsoft doesn't send emails like

>>>> that and Microsoft doesn't refer to itself as MS, as in "MS

>>>> Customer".

>>>>

>>>> John

>>>>

>>>> Albert Lason wrote:

>>>

>>> I know it was not a legitimate e-mail from Microsoft

>>

>> Yet, that's precisely what your subject line says.

>

> "I received an e-mail from Microsoft with a worm!" was exactly the

> subject line. I did not say it was a legitimate Microsoft e-mail but

> the e-mail itself did say it was from Microsoft and it did have a warm

> according to my antivirus program.

>

> The body of the post left no doubt that I knew the e-mail itself was

> not legitimate.

>

> All I am trying to do is stop this thing before it infects someone.

>

> Albert

 

I know Albert! And everybody is making light of your serousness and telling

you to just delete it. I guess they just don't care. Which I find is very

sad.

 

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Bill

Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)

MX6124 (laptop) w/2GB

Windows XP Home SP2 (120GB HD)

Intel® 910GML (64MB shared)