full-disclosure - Anyone? Important Security Update for the .NET Messenger Service

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Message-ID: <009d01c3668a$e99741f0$46145f80@crc.washington.edu>
From: cdevoney at u.washington.edu (Chris DeVoney)
Subject: Anyone?  Important Security Update for the .NET Messenger Service

> Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's some kind of spam or whatever.
> But it seemed so valid, it makes you wonder about it... 

>From another list answering the identical question, Mary Jo Foley who write
the Ziff-Davis Microsoft Watch newsletter:

It's real, but Microsoft is unfortunately spamming
 folks with the message.

Here's the real update page: http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Upgrades.aspx

And more info. available here: http://www.msnfanatic.com/

And here: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11110

MJF

cdv

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Chris DeVoney
Clinical Research Center Informatics
University of Washington
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