NO! This is NOT from Microsoft. Microsoft does not send "patches" or "updates" as e-mail attachments or as attachments on newsgroup posts. To get updates go to the Microsoft.com website.
What was attached to this fraud is a VIRUS!
"LEBRUN FREDERIC" <edfzayynjsm_svyxnp@rmb.net> spammed...
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this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to help protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to run executable on your system.
rest of bogus spam and virus attachment deleted!