FAKE M$ Security Updates

Source – ZDNet Security News
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Fake Microsoft security updates circulate
By Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com
Published on ZDNet News: April 8, 2005, 7:40 AM PT

An e-mail campaign designed to lure people to a bogus Microsoft Web site is making the rounds as part of an attempt to install a Trojan horse, antivirus company Sophos said Friday…

…But should unsuspecting users download the bogus patches, they will infect their computers with the Troj/DSNX-05 Trojan horse, according to Sophos. That, in turn, will let the attackers remotely take control of the infected PC…

…Microsoft has posted a notice on its site saying that on Tuesday it will issue some critical patches for Windows, Office, MSN Messenger and Exchange…
- Another tricky way to spread BAD HORSE.

If you want to see if an update is real, you need to go to the real Microsoft Web site and check there."
- Either rely on AUTOMATIC UPDATE or visit M$’s web site.


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