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To: JC Jaros who wrote (19854)	9/17/1999 11:06:00 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Respond to of 64865

Wired Article on MSFT "Security" ... "Feature" Bogus Email Eats MS Data wired.com The email invites users to download an attached Microsoft Year 2000 Counter. The attachment includes a data-eating Trojan horse that steals a person's password, login and username when downloaded. The email indicates that it was sent from "Support@microsoft.com". The notice on Microsoft's Web site reads: "There is a hoax email in circulation on the Internet concerning a fictitious Microsoft Year 2000 Counter. This mail uses the Support@microsoft.com as their FROM: alias. There is no such software from Microsoft and if you receive this mail you should NOT open it but delete it immediately." The Trojan horse is particularly dangerous as it replaces the Wsock32.dll file on the user's local system, which is essential for Net connection, said Patrick Nolan, a virus support analyst at Network Associates www.nai.com. "It modifies the [Wsock32.dll file] you have with a Trojan version that gives the user the unknown ability to send fake messages. Hence the bogus Microsoft messages." The text of the phony email reads: "From: support@microsoft.com Subject: Microsoft Announcement Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:37:05 +0200 To All Microsoft Users, We are excited to announce the Microsoft Year 2000 Counter. Start the countdown NOW. Let us all get in the 21 Century. Let us lead the way to the future and we will get YOU there FASTER and SAFER. Thank you, Microsoft Corporation" And the ZDNet article ... E-mail hoax a 'serious issue,' says MS Customers are receiving a bogus e-mail that includes a Trojan Horse attachment. zdnet.com Looks like the world will be embracing Solaris, Linux etc.