Gee... David

Isn't this special! This email, caught up in our Spam Sentinel filter purports to update my Internet Explorer to the current version. Of course if you mouse over the link you find that it is 'really' addressed to http://rcgomes.net46.net/imgs/update.exe  The site, shockingly enough, is Russian.

So, should we send a 'note' to EVERYONE in our address book saying 'watch out for this hack'? Nope. In the first case, our Spam Filter caught it, as it should. In the next case, don't open suspicious email. (Hey, this one doesn't even LOOK like it came from Microsoft.) In the next, no one should follow links received in email that point to an executable such as "update.exe". Finally, why would MSN be sending update information for Microsoft's software?  

So, in summary, unless your contact list consists of people with dubious brain power, NO do NOT send an email to everyone saying "watch out for this.