Fake email?

[Grand_Poobah]

I just deleted a Hotmail email purportedly coming from Microsoft. It
had a "deleted" attachment, that Hotmail said contained a virus. Most
reliable ISP mail services scan their emails with some sort of virus
scanner, but it is always possible that one might slip by.

The Subject was "The last Microsoft Security Update required" and the
body alluded to the attachment which "must be run immediately to take
care of *all known* (emphasis mine) security leaks in Internet Explorer
5.0 up, Word, Outlook and Outlook Express". This is quite a claim. The
body also has all the usual Microsoft images and links, and most of them
end up at apparent valid MS pages, but some of them are not.

If you see this email, just delete it.

GP

 

[mikeyhsd]

common virus email , been around for a while.
seems it has recently surfaced gain.



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I just deleted a Hotmail email purportedly coming from Microsoft. It
had a "deleted" attachment, that Hotmail said contained a virus. Most
reliable ISP mail services scan their emails with some sort of virus
scanner, but it is always possible that one might slip by.

The Subject was "The last Microsoft Security Update required" and the
body alluded to the attachment which "must be run immediately to take
care of *all known* (emphasis mine) security leaks in Internet Explorer
5.0 up, Word, Outlook and Outlook Express". This is quite a claim. The
body also has all the usual Microsoft images and links, and most of them
end up at apparent valid MS pages, but some of them are not.

If you see this email, just delete it.

GP