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Trojan leaps from bogus Windows Update site


CurlyWhirly
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Microsoft will never send you an e-mail about updating windows. If you get one, delete it.

the correct windows update sites are:

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

http://update.microsoft.com (BETA)

I do know this but some newbies may not, hence my post!

Incidentally I have registered with Microsoft for a Bi-weekly newsletter and I am just curious as to why Microsoft print a mass of numbers and letters before the actual @newsletters.microsoft.com as shown in my screenshot.

Do they do this to try and prevent spoofing of the e-mail I wonder? :unsure:

Lesson learnt, click on Windows Update yourself, if like me you don't accept auto downloads of updates.

That's exactly what I do, I have set the updates to 'Notify me but don't automatically download or install them'.

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