sasim

I received this e-mail today.



It immediately struck me as very suspicious because:
a)I am not registered to receive Microsoft updates on this e-mail address
b)It came from rbomvfxjopfen_vejf@advisor_msdn.net
c)It has and attachment called Install4.exe

I looked at the Windows update site and there is no mention of this update, so it looks like some muppet has found an ingenious way to deliver a virus or worm to the masses.

Apologies if everyone is aware of this one already, It's the first time I’ve seen it.

Stuart

sasim

Yep it's a virus called W32/Swen@MM. It was discovered at the end of last week and is medium risk.

Stuart

Mark Kwiatkowski

Bin the e-mail, don't open the attachment. As you have worked out it's not from Microsoft.

This type of e-mail has been doing the rounds lately.

sasim

It was binned as soon as I saw it, along with another one.

Oops just noticed the same subject running below, I'm slow off the mark as usual

Pete The Biker

I had one last week from support@microsoft (or something similar).............


Pete The Biker

Buckrogers

I've had this one four times now!

Install Zone Alarm Pro, it scans attachments on emails and quaranteened each of these attachments.

adpd

I have received this 9 times, all from different email addresses with a size of 155kb to 156kb.

Damn virus writers.