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    I'd rather be fishing DjM's Avatar
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    Any Infomation???

    Some users are receiving the following email in my office, I can't find any information on this, has anyone here got any comments or info on this:

    You are receiving this message because you are using Genuine Microsoft Software and your e-mail address has been subscribed to the Microsoft Windows Update mailing list.

    A new 0-day vulnerability has appeared in the wild and was reported for the first time Monday, June 18th. The vulnerability affects machines running MICROSOFT OUTLOOK and allows an attacker to take full control of the vulnerable computer if the exploitation process is succesfull.
    Since then, more than 100,000 machines have been reported as exploited and used to promote spammy pharmacy products such as viagra and cialis.

    An update has been released to fix this issue and can be downloaded from the following link :
    http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/outlook/update-! 0-day/download.aspx?id=63852

    Quick Details
    File Name: MSOUTRC2007Update-KB863892.exe
    Version: 3.1.1023
    Date Published: 06/25/2007
    Download Size: 20 Kb
    Estimated Download Time: 1 sec
    It's urgent to download and install the update as soon as possible in order to decrease the number of succesfull attacks that occure each day. The update is only available for Genuine Versions of Microsoft Outllok.

    Instructions :

    1. Click the link above to start the download
    2. Save the update in your WINDOWS directory and run it from there.If you want to start the installation immediately click Run in the download box, after you click the link.
    3. After you run it, the update will download the security packages required to patch Microsoft Outlook.The entire process will take around 10-15 minutes, and you'll receive a confirmation message once the update process is completed.

    Your Microsoft Windows Licence Information is :

    Thanks

    /edit Note: the link does not go to microsoft, go there at your own risk.
    Last edited by DjM; June 26th, 2007 at 03:30 PM.
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    Sounds like a link to something that's malicious. There is no Q article for KB863892

    What's the actual URL (see it in non-HTML form) for the Windows update link?
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    Dont let them click.

    I can find nothing either...
    Your search - KB863892 - did not match any documents.

    Suggestions:
    Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
    Try different keywords.
    Try more general keywords.
    KB resolves to nothing...

    although the link looks legit???...broken though...did you do that?

    Whats the header??

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    Quote Originally Posted by MsMittens
    Sounds like a link to something that's malicious. There is no Q article for KB863892

    What's the actual URL (see it in non-HTML form) for the Windows update link?
    It looks like it goes here:

    http://firefox.myip.org/extra/window...TRC2007Update-

    Cheers:
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    BTW...I meant broken as in the end
    ! 0-day/download.aspx?id=63852

    does not appear to be part of the link to MS

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    Sounds like it's some form of virus propogation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by morganlefay
    BTW...I meant broken as in the end
    ! 0-day/download.aspx?id=63852

    does not appear to be part of the link to MS

    MLF
    Yea, the link broke when I pasted it in, the real link is posted above.

    Cheers:
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    So did you get headers of the email??

    I always like to know where these come from.

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    MSOUTRC2007Update-KB863892.exe

    They would never name an exe that. It would be Update-KB863892.exe or just KB863892.exe

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    Link is b0rked but it looks like a virus to me. The whole thing looks and smells like one anyway.
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