March 6, 2001 Security Advisory

There is an email making the rounds which states that it is from the "Microsoft 
Corporation Security Center" and has a subject line of "Internet Security Update".

The email has an attachment which the message claims to be the "1 Mar
2002 Cumulative Patch" for Internet Explorer.

Microsoft never emails out patches.

The bogus email is actually the GIBE worm, a description for which can
be reviewed at antivirus vendor sites:
 
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/gibe.shtml
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.gibe@mm.html
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99377.htm
http://www.antivirus.com/cgi-bin/vinfo.pl?OneVirus=WORM_GIBE.DR

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Have a safe computing experience and don't forget to back up your files!

Fredo Martin
http://www.workingarts.com/infosecarchives