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  • Fake Microsoft Security Updates Circulate

    04/08/2005 8:38:54 AM PDT · by Pendragon_6 · 5 replies · 630+ views
    C/Net ^ | 4-8-2005 | Dawn Kawamoto
    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. Attackers are sending out fake e-mails that claim to come from Microsoft's Windows Update. People who click on the link in the message are steered to a site that looks like Microsoft's security update site, where they are urged to download fake patches. 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...