deco333
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: Bogus Microsoft Updates |
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April 08, ZDNet (UK) — Hackers send flood of bogus Microsoft updates. On Thursday,
April 7, the same day that Microsoft announced details of its next round of monthly patches,
hackers out a wave of emails disguised as messages from the software company in a bid to take
control of thousands of computers. The emails contain bogus news of a Microsoft update,
advising people to open a link to a Web site and download a file that will secure and 'patch'
their PCs. The fake Website, which is hosted in Australia, looks almost identical to Microsoft's
and the download is actually a Trojan horse — a program that can give hackers remote control
of a computer. Microsoft said it is looking into the situation.
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