Mr.Guvernment 0 Posted June 9, 2003 Virus - Email from Microsoft Internet Technical Assistance Received this today for the first time. Outlook blocked the exe automatically, but for those who do get an exe - do not run it!! - can u say virus! - back door! i love this part Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies. Why would microsoft send an email from an unmonitored email address...lol Share this post Link to post
nebulus 0 Posted June 9, 2003 unmonitored e-mail address... ;; edited ;; You have to give this guy some credits for creativity Share this post Link to post
adamvjackson 0 Posted June 10, 2003 This has been circulating for a while now. Obviously not from Microsoft. Share this post Link to post
BladeRunner 0 Posted June 10, 2003 Although this is a fake message and has been doing the rounds for a little while, it isn't unheard of for MS to use unmonitored e-mail accounts. A lot of the Beta e-mail addresses are simply used to send mail messages out and replying to those messages gets you nowhere. In fact the wording: "Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies" is exactly what does appear at the bottom of lots of beta related e-mail's. Share this post Link to post
AndyFair 0 Posted June 10, 2003 But surely the big giveaway is that the e-mail didn't actually come from Microsoft.com...?! AndyF Share this post Link to post
ViolentGreen 0 Posted June 10, 2003 Quote: But surely the big giveaway is that the e-mail didn't actually come from Microsoft.com...?! AndyF That's fairly easy to fake. Share this post Link to post
adamvjackson 0 Posted June 11, 2003 Quote: Although this is a fake message and has been doing the rounds for a little while, it isn't unheard of for MS to use unmonitored e-mail accounts. A lot of the Beta e-mail addresses are simply used to send mail messages out and replying to those messages gets you nowhere. In fact the wording: "Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies" is exactly what does appear at the bottom of lots of beta related e-mail's. Agreed. Actually, most all of the emails I have personally recieved from Microsoft have that added, unless it's an engineer following up on a bug report, etc. Share this post Link to post