full-disclosure - Fw: Use this patch immediately ! Lacking some serious credibility

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From: pfarrow at flamenetworks.co.uk (Paul Farrow)
Subject: Fw: Use this patch immediately !  Lacking some serious credibility

Anyone else just get a message like this?
I wonder how many [l]users fell for this one :S They could have atleast
included a Microsoft logo or something to make it more credible :P

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Microsoft" <security@...rosoft.com>
To: <flameout@...eone.net>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 10:20 PM
Subject: Use this patch immediately !

> Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
> There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
> More than 500.000 already infected!
>

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