Re: Watch the internet package
 

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This is the false Microsoft message with a SWEN worm attachment being
posted to many newsgroups. Disregard the message and DO NOT OPEN THE
ATTACHMENT. It is NOT a patch or an update - it is the SWEN worm!!!





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> this is the latest version of security update, the "November 2003,
> Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security
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