After you get enough “legitimate” junk mail and security bulletins from Microsoft, the bogus viral ones begin to stand out.<\/p>\n
Hence my not being fooled by an e-mail from “MS Security Services” subject “Last Microsoft Critical Patch” — nor by another one the same day from “Microsoft” subject “Last Net Critical Patch.”<\/p>\n
Yup. A known virus <\/a>(or, more properly, worm<\/a>).<\/p>\n (This one will stop security processes, then mail itself to e-mail addresses on your machine).<\/p>\n I’m not quite sure how to advise people to be careful with these things. I mean, M$ does send out security updates by mail. The best I can suggest is be smart. Typos, grammar errors, lack of capitalization are usually good signs. Searching on places like Symantec <\/a>and McAfee <\/a>are also good ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After you get enough “legitimate” junk mail and security bulletins from Microsoft, the bogus viral ones begin to stand out. 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