The past couple of days I have been receiving email purporting to be from Microsoft regarding a critical update for Outlook and Outlook Express - KB910721. THIS IS A SCAM.
KB910721 is actually a genuine Windows update to fix a problem with Outlook, but remember that Microsoft will NEVER alert users to updates via email. If you follow the link in the mesage you will download the trojan Troj/Spy-CU onto your system which will compromise your system security and can steal your private data.
If you are ever unsure then go to the genuine Microsoft Update site (using Internet Explorer) and get your system scanned for relevant updates.
More reading on this scam: http://www.sophos.com/blogs/sophoslabs/v/post/4889
Showing posts with label windows updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows updates. Show all posts
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
April 1st 2009
It is widely thought that the pain-in-the-arse Conficker worm will start doing it's stuff on April 1st. No one really knows what that stuff may be - anything from data theft to recruiting machines to a zombie farm. It may even be just a scam for publicity (though I doubt it).
Every machine that is infected represents a threat to eveyone else connected to the internet. Please make sure you run Windows Update this week.
Better safe than sorry!
Every machine that is infected represents a threat to eveyone else connected to the internet. Please make sure you run Windows Update this week.
Better safe than sorry!
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