Seems the new game in town is to adopt a klaxon approach to security.

Subject: Important Security Update for the .NET Messenger Service Date: 19 Aug 2003 02:23:18 -0700 From: .NET Messenger Service Staff dot_net_msgr_svc@msgr.hotmail.com ATTENTION: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED FOR MSN AND WINDOWS MESSENGER USERS.

I got that email 1113 times so far. Of course, that number is laughable compared to the 10s of emails I got from the SoBig virus today. It seems no day passes without a Microsoft incident.