Very strange thing. I just received 2 email messages purportedly from 
Microsoft.

The first is from "Microsoft Internet Delivery System" 
<mailerengine at netmail.com> with the subject line "Bug Notice". It 
contains no text except an attachment, "hpqz.scr (104 KB)".

The second is from "Microsoft Technical Assistance" with no email 
address, to "Consumer" <consumer.kiezoane at updates.msn.com>, subject 
line "Patch", with 3 attachments. It looks very official with Microsoft 
logos all over it and links that look like they should take you to the 
MS website.

Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything stupid like click anywhere on 
either message. I do not use ANY Microsoft products, and Microsoft 
would have no reason to have my email address. I'm pretty convinced 
these are the worst kind of spam, with viruses or Trojan horses or 
worms or some other malevolent ware lurking under the surface.

It is puzzling, though, that both AppleMail and Earthlink let these 
slip through the spam filters. Or am I a jaded, over-spammed, 
suspicious cynic?

Alex Whitman
Louisville



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