Fake Microsoft e-mails

[Gordon Lindsay]

Does anyone else get plagued with fake e-mails supposedly from Microsoft
that contain virii?

Do what I do. Forward all of them onto (e-mail address removed) until they use
some of the money they have taken from us to become the biggest Corporation
in the world to combat this type of thing. They could chase down these
bastards who write the virii and put a stop to it.

Gordon

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

Microsoft did not create the virus(es) that are being circulated - nor is
Microsoft proliferating them. That's being done by thousands, if not
millions, of computers which have been infected with these viruses, a
problem which could have been completely averted had the owners of these
computers applied minimal anti-virus/firewall protection. In addition,
Microsoft has offered a considerable reward for information - from anyone -
which can be used to find/prosecute the writers of these viruses:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031105/325/ed5cm.html

Your advice to forward these infected emails to anyone - even Microsoft -
simply makes you a spammer. And, I doubt Microsoft even notices your
forwarded emails, as I'm sure their anti-virus software captures your emails
fairly efficiently.

By the way, as of 2002 the world's largest public corporation was Wal-Mart.

 

[Jeff Clark]

Send them all to Wal Mart then!

Microsoft did not create the virus(es) that are being circulated - nor is
Microsoft proliferating them. That's being done by thousands, if not
millions, of computers which have been infected with these viruses, a
problem which could have been completely averted had the owners of these
computers applied minimal anti-virus/firewall protection. In addition,
Microsoft has offered a considerable reward for information - from anyone -
which can be used to find/prosecute the writers of these viruses:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031105/325/ed5cm.html

Your advice to forward these infected emails to anyone - even Microsoft -
simply makes you a spammer. And, I doubt Microsoft even notices your
forwarded emails, as I'm sure their anti-virus software captures your emails
fairly efficiently.

By the way, as of 2002 the world's largest public corporation was Wal-Mart.

 

[Arvin Meyer]

Does anyone else get plagued with fake e-mails supposedly from Microsoft
that contain virii?

Do what I do. Forward all of them onto (e-mail address removed) until they use
some of the money they have taken from us to become the biggest Corporation
in the world to combat this type of thing. They could chase down these
bastards who write the virii and put a stop to it.

That makes you a conscious spreader of email viruses, and as such, a
criminal. It is unconscionable for anyone to knowingly spread a virus, no
matter what the motivation.

Microsoft does have a reward of US$250K each, for the creators of these
viruses. The FBI is in pursuit.

BTW, the plural of virus is viruses.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
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