Microsoft has posted a warning on their home page and a link. Wish it could
have been posted in the newsgroups at the time when most of these bogus
e-mails started appearing frequently and then later started appearing in
newsgroups..

http://www.microsoft.com
How to Tell If a Microsoft Security-Related Message Is Genuine (Sep 19, 2003)
http://www.microsoft.com/security/an...icate_mail.asp

and includes the following topic:
Example of a Bogus Bulletin
Counterfeit security communications can appear quite convincing, as was the
case with the fraudulent e-mail that was used to distribute the Swen worm.

some examples of bogus bulletins posted today
FWD: See patch from the M$
Prove this critical update from the Microsoft
Check out corrective package for Microsoft Internet Explorer
Look at this pack from the MS
See these critical pack for Microsoft Internet Explorer
Try the correction patch from the M$ Corporation

Some email or postings may contain the virus and not show up as
an attachment. So far they do not look like questions but
imperative commands, so that can be part of your identification.

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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"David McRitchie" wrote in message ...
ALL of the postings with attachments you are currently seeing in the
Excel newsgroups ALL have viruses -- DO NOT OPEN.