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Spoof email from 'Microsoft'


nellie2
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I got an email earlier on, supposedly from Microsoft. It was telling me to download and install an anti virus program that was 'recommended' by Microsoft. The link I was given downloaded a particularly nasty trojan :(

More info in my blog if you are interested... suffice to say, Microsoft will never ever email you personally about this sort of thing!

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But I do get regular (monthly) download notifications from Microsoft with links. I know I have subscribed to these things, and I know if such a note is genuinely from Microsoft. But I think the average computer user might easily get fooled, especially if the message looks professional.

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