OT: [AccessD] Viruses from "Microsoft"

This is WORM.SWEN.A

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_SWEN.A

I've got several the day before yesterday.
They (http://www.kaspersky.com/news.html?id=1029166) say here that 30000
computers were infected on 18 of September 2003. They call it here
I-Worm-Swen...

Shamil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jmoss111" <jmoss111 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Viruses from "Microsoft"


> The thing is that Microsoft doesn't send such messages. This seems to be a
> trend, we got several at out office on Thursday:
>
> The email message that I got is :
>
>
> From: Network Security Department [mailto:urflfou-vglpwir at advisor.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 4:51 PM
> > To: User
> > Subject: Last Network Critical Upgrade
> > MS User
> >
> > this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003,
> Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security vulnerabilities
> affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. Install
> now to help protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most
> serious of which could allow an attacker to run executable on your
computer.
> This update includes the functionality of all previously released patches.
> >
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com>
> To: "AccessD" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 12:06 PM
> Subject: [AccessD] Viruses from "Microsoft"
>
>
> > Just a heads up:
> >
> > My anti-virus software caught two messages bearing "gifts" today,
> allegedly
> > from Microsoft. One of the messages looks exactly like the MS security
> page
> > but if you look carefully at the sender info, you can see that it's not
> > really from Microsoft.
> >
> > The message subjects are "Last Security Bulletin" and "Newest Security
> > Bulletin".
> >
> > Arthur
> > ---
> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003
> >
> >
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