> The text of the message contained what appeared to be perfectly normal
> techno-babble about the IE and Outlook Express bugs that it fixed, and it
> gave a reference to an update supposedly listed on Microsoft's
> website.
Except that Microsoft _never_ distributes patches this way. This is what's
known as "social engineering" in hacker circles, finding a sucker to let you
in.
Indeed no reputable software maker distributes patches this way, and this
Trojan horse is exactly the reason they don't.
Randall
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