does Microsoft email you virus warnings?

[Grimmy]

I have a friend at work that keeps getting this email from Microsoft. I searched on symantec for the virus, downloaded and ran the patch, and they weren't infected. It looks like a vail email addy, but I never heard of Microsoft email warnings out like this. Should I just have them block that email addy so they don't get it anymore? They get 4-5 a day from them, exact same email. Here is the email.

[Grimmy]

This is the text that is attached to that email, along with all the other emails they keep getting. What should I do? Block that email? They do virus scans like once a week. :hmmm:

[Dissectional]

It's spam Grimmy. I get that at work all day, as I have yet to invest in a decent spam blocker. Most of those have virus attachments though, at least the ones that I get. I have my firewall strip any attachments, but I still get almost 20 of those a day.

So, I would try and block/filter that addy, or be real extreme and block anything with the word 'microsoft' in it. They don't make a habit of spamming people about virus activity.

[DiTomasso]

Originally posted by Grimmy@Nov 3 2003, 06:26 PM
This is the text that is attached to that email, along with all the other emails they keep getting. What should I do? Block that email? They do virus scans like once a week. :hmmm:
It is a virus. Microsoft don't send these messages with attachments.
As i read both the pictures, norton already deleted the virus in the attachment.
Just block the adres Grimmy :wave:

[Grimmy]

Thanks for the input. I was a little conserned about blocking a microsoft email addy, but I thought it was strange that they were emailing them about it. I have never gotten anything like that. I'll be blocking just that email addy, and see what happens from there. :)

Thanks again for your input. :thumbs:

[EXEcution]

:rofl: Ckeck out that fancy grammar!!

[ME BIGGD01]

grimmy, tell him not to ever open anything that is from microsoft because it is known that a very bad virus was going around saying it was microsoft and they should click the link to update the patches.

i only know 1 person that was dumb enough to click on it.

[Death-Dude]

"There are dangerous virus in the internet now!"

All your base are belong to us.

And "Dear , friend" with an extra space after the comma.

If MS did this type of thing, and they don't, they'd at least use proper sentence structure.

[solid snake295]

lol, ya.
if i dont give my email to someone then im not opening theyre s**t.
and really, does microsoft fix anything? lol