Same virus. Don't click on "Use this patch immediately."

Postby **Mithrandir** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:34 pm

Hey All,

Looks like the patch.exe virus is going around again. Make sure you don't click on it. It shows up in your email in the form of a Microsoft Security Update email. Just delete any email from Microsoft that says, "Use this patch immediately." Microsoft will NEVER send out patches over email, so don't worry about missing one.

- oldphil

Postby **Retten** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 3:11 pm

Thanks for the update oldphilosopher i havent seen this in my email yet but i will definetly delete if i do.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:53 am

This thing again? Ah well.

I'm amazed by the stupid viruses people will get. If I believed in hacking, I'd make a virus that sends e-mails with the subject line "This is a virus." I'll bet people would open in. Sigh...

Postby **Tet-chan** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 6:55 am

Thanks for the warning

Postby **Mithrandir** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:42 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:This thing again? Ah well.
I'm amazed by the stupid viruses people will get. If I believed in hacking, I'd make a virus that sends e-mails with the subject line "This is a virus." I'll bet people would open in. Sigh...

Suffice to say, this has been done. I'll just leave it at that. :sweat:

Postby **MasterDias** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:15 pm

Viruses...
You would think these people would have more constructive things to do instead of messing up other people's computers.

Postby **MsShinobu** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:24 am

MasterDias I think that same thing too. I was thinking the other day how if I had that intelligence I would make a virus to HELP peoples computers. Like I would make a virus to destroy any bad viruses on the persons computer. I don't understand why people who have the capability always want to use it to just bring harm and frustration to others.

Postby **Mithrandir** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:26 am

You know, there was a worm that was released a while ago that looked for systems infected with the RPC exploit worm variants, then DLd and installed the patch. Effectively, it killed off the worm, then deleted itself.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:28 am

oldphilosopher wrote:Suffice to say, this has been done. I'll just leave it at that.

Sigh... I knew someone else would have done it... also, the variant "Do not open this message!"

Postby **Shao Feng-Li** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:16 am

well this is good to know... maybe someday ill make a virus that will help computers....

Postby **Michael** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:20 pm

Come to think of it, has Microhock ever released a free patch?

Postby **Twilly Spree** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 12:01 pm

I get it all the time to my school e-mail address. I knew it was a hoax cuz, woah I have a Mac.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 1:14 pm

Heh. I hadn't heard that.

I don't even have a computer hooked up to the internet, and I'm not registered for anything. Then I hear about this patch for a product I don't have...

Same virus. Don't click on "Use this patch immediately."

Same virus. Don't click on "Use this patch immediately."

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