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Monday, April 11, 2005
Fake Windows Update Emails
Emails sent by evildoers claiming to come from "Windows Update" and including subject lines such as "Update Your Windows Machine", "Urgent Windows Update", and "Important Windows Update" are false.
Clicking on these links will send users to a bogus website posing as Microsoft's official website for critical security patches.
If users try and download updates from the website they are infected by the Troj/DSNX-05 Trojan horse which allows hackers to take remote control of the infected PC.
Microsoft NEVER sends emails of these types. Always use the "Windows Update" link from the Start button.
Clicking on these links will send users to a bogus website posing as Microsoft's official website for critical security patches.
If users try and download updates from the website they are infected by the Troj/DSNX-05 Trojan horse which allows hackers to take remote control of the infected PC.
Microsoft NEVER sends emails of these types. Always use the "Windows Update" link from the Start button.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 9:41.20 PM EDT | Permanent Link
Edited on: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:25.17 PM EDT
| Categories: Virus-Trojan-Worm Alerts
Edited on: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:25.17 PM EDT
| Categories: Virus-Trojan-Worm Alerts
