Phishing Emails

[tschiera]

How do I detect when an email is phishing or if it is truely an email from
microsoft.com? I keep getting an email that wants me to "click here to
download the latest version of Internet Explorer 7" It shows the email as
coming from my own email address!!??

 

[Gordon]

How do I detect when an email is phishing or if it is truely an email from
microsoft.com? I keep getting an email that wants me to "click here to
download the latest version of Internet Explorer 7" It shows the email as
coming from my own email address!!??

MS never send emails unless you have subscribed to them.....

 

[tschiera]

MS never send emails unless you have subscribed to them.....

So how do I block it? It wants to block my email address when I do that!

 

[Brian Tillman]

So how do I block it? It wants to block my email address when I do
that!

Creating a rule that deletes based on a common phrase in the subject is one
way. Ignoring it and pressing Delete is another way to deal with it.

 

[Pat Willener]

Microsoft does not send out emails with download links. It may send out
messages with links to Microsoft pages (always on microsoft.com), but no
direct download links.

Only download software from the original vendors' websites, never from
dubious email messages!