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4/9/2005

Microsoft Virus Update…Fake

04/9/2005 | Filed under: eBusiness — site admin @ 2:10 am

As if Microsoft didnt already have enough problems to deal with along comes another threat to their operation.

Hackers have been trying to direct computer users to a fake website where a Trojan virus is installed…

The story continues…An AFP report quotes;

A mass e-mail being circulated by hackers purporting to be a Microsoft Windows update alert directs computer users to a fake website where a Trojan virus is installed, security experts said.
The security firm Websense said it began receiving reports this week of the e-mail claiming to be from Microsoft, coincidentally after the software giant announced it was making security updates.

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