At 2004-04-14 17:59, Robert Smith wrote: >I don't know if this is a virus or just another Microsoft bug. > >Yeserday I received a notice from Microsoft that the next round of >"security" updates was available from the Microsoft updates site for W2K.
Beware that Microsoft never sends emails about new versions of their software (as far as I know), so any email about this is a fake. And these fake emails can also contain a link that appears to be to the Microsoft site, but which isn't really. There was a bug in IE discovered recently whereby an URL like: http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ would even in the address bar of IE would just show: http://www.microsoft.com Please note that the [01] stands for ASCII 0x01 which isn't visible. Also be aware that the '@' in the URL will make the browser go to the part after the '@' whilst using the part before the '@' as the user's login name. Of course maffia.org won't use the user name part. Try for example this (it's safe): http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ There are also ways to hide these things in emails, so that even experts don't notice them right away and have to look very closely at the source of the email to study what the trick is. Be very careful! >Later, I connected to the Microsoft update site and downloaded 5 "critical" >updates for Explorer and Outlook Express. I then followed the required >system restart procedure and my system went into glacier mode (the CPU >appeared to execute about 1 instruction per second. For the restart process >to reach the normal windows desktop took over an hour. > >To make a very long story very short, I eventually had to go back to my last >backup set (fortunately not too old) and completely restore the system. > >So, beware the Microsoft update site until further information about this >disasterolus problem becomes known. Perhaps someone here can pass this >information on to a Microsoft users list with wider distribution. Do you still have the original email (was it an email)? Can you forward it to me? Greetings, Jaap -- Author: Jaap van Ganswijk INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
