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Re: FW: Last Microsoft Patch


From: Jeremiah Cornelius <jeremiah () nur net>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:41:20 -0700

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On Wednesday 15 October 2003 12:04, Curt Purdy wrote:
Anybody else get this?  Looks legit, originating address is from msnbc.com.
But can't believe even Microsoft would be this stupid after the rash of
trojan-attached "patch announcements" lately.  Plus all security people
have been saying that Microsoft would never email a patch out.  Or are they
thinking, "Send this out so all the stupid people will click on this before
they click on a real trojan?
Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
Information Security Engineer
DP Solutions
cpurdy () dpsol com

This is the latest take on the same old trojan that' sbeen circulating for 
close to two months now.

The biggest effect I can see this as having is a conceptual Denial of Service 
against the public's trust in patching and remote updates.  "Now I just don't 
know what's safe."
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