Fake Microsoft Patch Triggers Virus Attack

boarder8925 writes "eWeek reports: 'Like day follows night, a bogus cumulative update with a malicious attachment has followed Microsoft's patch day. In what has become a monthly staple, virus writers are taking advantage of the heightened public interest around Microsoft's patching cycle to trick users into executing a malicious attachment. The latest social engineering trick arrives via e-mail with an attachment that purports to be a 'cumulative patch' for May 2005.'"

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Re:Patches

[Anonymous Coward]

This shit is insightful? Right, because Linux never gets patched or updated...

Dumbfuck.

Speak For Yourself Only , Twit

[nurb432]

Some of dont run around doing things unless they fully understand what is going on.

Going to purchasing and saying ' i have no idea ' is something i personally would never say.

Furthermore, anyone that dosent know the difference between right and left click is a moron and shouldnt be allowed to have a PC.

Come to think of it, that could be extended to most users. They dont need a comptuer, or anything else. They are idiots that mostly waste my air and serve no practical value.