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From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles () skynet be>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:32:26 +0200
Folks,
I don't think this is a real Microsoft security announcement (they wouldn't be likely to be sent via an unknown IP address over in the space owned by hiwaay.net), but it does appear to be the result of a hoax, a virus, or a Trojan Horse that I have not yet heard of.
I've done various searches via Google and on the web sites of the anti-virus vendors, and haven't turned up anything on this issue. Have I missed something? 

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FROM: "MS Network Security Center" <gixqwgd-307320 () updates microsoft net>
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SUBJECT: Internet Security Update
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Microsoft Customer
<BR><BR>
this is the latest version of security update, the<BR>
"April 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates<BR>
all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer,<BR>
Outlook and Outlook Express as well as five newly<BR>
discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your computer<BR>
from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow<BR>
an attacker to run executable on your system. This update includes<BR>
the functionality of all previously released patches.<BR><BR>

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<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">System requirements</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">Win 9x/Me/2000/NT/XP</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">This update applies to</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP>
<FONT SIZE="2">
Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later<BR>
Microsoft Outlook, version 8.00 and later<BR>
Microsoft Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later
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<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">Recommendation</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">Customers should install the patch at the earliest opportunity.</FONT></TD> 
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<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">How to install</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">Run attached file. Click Yes on displayed dialog box.</FONT></TD> 
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<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">How to use</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="2">You don't need to do anything after installing this item.</FONT></TD> 
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Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles () skynet be>

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.

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