Another email scam/danger

DonaldG · 10-23-2009, 02:39 AM

A general heads up.

I have just received this email purporting to be from Microsoft.
I was suspicious because I have never received an email from MS urging to d/l a 'Critical Update'

It looks real enough but I always 'hover' the mouse over any links & sure enough, the link is not what it :
http : // update. microsoft. com/ ...etc ... it resolves to:
http : // update. microsoft. com. bbttyap. me. uk/ ...etc ...

Clicking on the link is likely to expose you to danger of some form of malware. If you receive a copy of this email, just ignore it & dump it in the bin!

Mcninjaguy · 10-23-2009, 03:50 AM

It doesn't even yell you which version of Outlook its relevant to.

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 10-23-2009, 10:05 AM

But the email is microsoft.com so it's got to be legitamate.

~~Engineer Babar~~ · 10-23-2009, 10:55 AM

Thanks donald for giving us the information..

dai · 10-23-2009, 11:09 AM

ms have been issuing warnings for the last few weeks about fake emails

10-23-2009, 02:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
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10-23-2009, 03:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Another email scam/danger It doesn't even yell you which version of Outlook its relevant to.

10-23-2009, 10:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,262 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Another email scam/danger But the email is microsoft.com so it's got to be legitamate. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.

10-23-2009, 10:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~Engineer Babar~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 720 OS: xp home 2006 sp2	Re: Another email scam/danger Thanks donald for giving us the information..

10-23-2009, 11:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,702 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Another email scam/danger ms have been issuing warnings for the last few weeks about fake emails __________________