From: MT Head <NotForReal@noWhere.com>
Subject: Re: See this critical update for MS Windows
Date: 9 Nov 2003 01:56:23 -0500
Date: 2003-11-09T01:56:23-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Xns942DE838CF3D4NotForRealnoWherecom@207.103.26.25> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20031108093313.191$BG@news.newsreader.com
Thus spake "Judson McClendon" <judmc@sunvaley0.com>:
> I hope everyone realizes that downloading and installing a patch like
> this from a newsgroup is like playing Russian roulette. Download all
> your Windows patches directly from Microsoft's Windows Update page.
No, it isn't like Russian roulette - in Russian roulette, you actually have
a chance of survival. M$ does not EVER post patches to newsgroups, or
email them either - period. This is the infamous "Swen" virus that we've
all heard about.
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2003-11-08 14:32 ` See this critical update for MS Windows Judson McClendon
2003-11-09 6:56 ` MT Head [this message]
2003-11-09 16:19 ` Bob Hoekstra
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