Fake Microsoft Update Email

Fake Microsoft Update Email

Published: 2008-10-10,

Last Updated: 2008-10-10 12:44:54 UTC

by Marcus Sachs

Several readers have alerted us to a fake Microsoft email circulating with a malicious attachment. If you are blocking executables at your email servers, there should not be a problem. The email looks like this, but might vary a bit:

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5159

Oh dear, that looks as though it might fool some people.

Shouldn't really fool anyone in the know because Microsoft doesn't issues updates via email, and they've even stated that in the past.