[Ipg-smz] What do I do with these Microsoft Security Updates?

Tom Henderson thenderson at extremelabs.com
Tue Oct 8 23:21:34 UTC 2019


One thing to do is to look at the message header by viewing the message 
source. Anything that looks like a URL or address that DOESN'T look like 
it's absolutely from Microsoft, you can safely discard.....

But I wouldn't even open the message. I'm copying Ed Bott as he swims in 
these waters every day.

Truly, seems like it's bogus and a phishing/malware attempt.

Tom



On 10/8/19 7:01 PM, Mac McCarthy via Ipg-smz wrote:
> Typo of course: Microsoft Security Updates— my typong fingers on my 
> cell are terrible.
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 1:33 PM Tom Henderson via Ipg-smz 
> <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
>
>     Smells of a phish attempt to me. I don't get them.... but
>     Microsoft alternately slaughters me with stuff, and then ignores
>     me, so I'm not a good example.
>
>     Ed Bott should know.
>
>     Tom
>
>
>     On 10/8/19 4:08 PM, Mac McCarthy via Ipg-smz wrote:
>>     (Phew)
>>
>>     Bogus as in not legitimate, or as in worthless?
>>
>>     On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 1:05 PM Tom Henderson via Ipg-smz
>>     <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         To my knowledge (I stand to be corrected), they're bogus.
>>
>>         Tom
>>
>>         On 10/8/19 3:11 PM, Mac McCarthy via Ipg-smz wrote:
>>>         I reslize this is many years late to ask this question, but
>>>         what if anything do I do with th periodic emails from
>>>         Microsoft labeled "MIcrosoft Seurity Updates" and similar?
>>>
>>>         Since many appear to apply to corpoerate servers and i don't
>>>         have any of these, I've been ignoring them. Is that a mistake?
>>>
>>>         mac mccarthy
>>>
>>>
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