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Virus: A bogus "Internet Security Pack" message which claims to include security patches for Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer harbors a malevolent worm.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2003]
Origins: The message quoted above has been spammed to countless Internet users, purporting in its header to offer an "Internet Security Pack" from the "Microsoft Corporation Internet Technical Assistance" to patch security holes in Microsoft's Outlook and Internet Explorer programs. It includes an attached executable file called Recipients can tell this is not a real Microsoft-issued security update because:
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