Note of caution to everyone. Beware of an e-mail that states it is a patch from Microsoft. I got it 4 times today and I very rarely get spam mail on my Alltel accounts. The address states its from [email protected], which its not, with an attachment named patch.exe As a rule I never open attachments eith a file extension .exe anyhow, because they are executable programs. Just a note of caution that its not a patch from Microsoft. Below is the following e-mail I got. Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now! There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! More than 500.000 already infected! Download Attachment: patch.exe Dan Whipkey "Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory."

Dan, I have been getting that message everyday for the last three months. I knew that is not how Microsoft has contacted me in the past for critical updates so I have been deleting. I didn't know how to contact Microsoft to forward the message so they would know someone had stolen their identity. Not long ago someone had taken over my provider Earthlink and emailed me that my email address was expiring. Fortunately, I was able to contact Earthlink who told me it was false and they were trying to catch the person. These malicious people are getting more clever everyday. Beware !. Marilyn: Lake Co., IL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Whipkey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 7:16 PM Subject: [PAADAMS] Patch attachment : Note of caution to everyone. Beware of an e-mail that states it is a patch from Microsoft. I got it 4 times today and I very rarely get spam mail on my Alltel accounts. The address states its from [email protected], which its not, with an attachment named patch.exe As a rule I never open attachments eith a file extension .exe anyhow, because they are executable programs. Just a note of caution that its not a patch from Microsoft. Below is the following e-mail I got. : : Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now! : There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! : More than 500.000 already infected! : : : : Download Attachment: patch.exe : : Dan Whipkey : : "Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory." : : : ==== PAADAMS Mailing List ==== : Adams Co. PA GenWeb URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/adams.htm : : ============================== : Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration : Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. : http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 :