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NICK ADSL UK
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Beware of fake Microsoft security alerts

Beware of fake Microsoft security alerts
The latest ploy by Internet scam artists? Sending out fake security bulletins in Microsoft's name that infect your computer with malicious software. Please be aware that Microsoft never attaches software updates to our security communications. Find out about other clues that can help you spot e-mail messages that claim to be from Microsoft but aren't.

»www.microsoft.com/protect/yourse···ail.mspx
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nwrickert
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Geneva, IL		 I have been ignoring those for years.

But, yes, there is a new version of this malware email now circulating.
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