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Warning over fake Windows update
Microsoft has advice about how to spot fake updates
Users are being warned to watch out for a fake Microsoft security update.
Circulating as an e-mail the fake message points people at a bogus website that claims to host critical security updates.
But anyone downloading from the site will get a virus installed that opens a backdoor into their computer the program's creators can exploit.
Security firms and Microsoft urged users to ensure they visit legitimate sites when downloading updates.
Fake sites
Anti-virus firm Sophos spotted the e-mail which uses subject lines saying "Urgent Windows Update" and "Important Windows Update"
In the body of the message is a web link that looks like it should link to the Windows Update website but in fact links to a site controlled by the malicious hackers.
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STAYING SAFE ONLINE
Install anti-virus software
Keep your anti-virus software up to date
Install a personal firewall
Use Windows updates to patch security holes
Do not open e-mail messages that look suspicious
Do not click on e-mail attachments you were not expecting
What are the threats on the net?
Anyone downloading the fake update on the bogus webpage will have their computer infected with the DSNX-05 trojan.
This opens a backdoor into the PC that could be exploited by the creators of the malicious program.
Anyone falling victim to this could leave computer owners vulnerable to identity theft or having their computer used to send spam, attack other sites or host dubious material.
Microsoft said it only sent e-mails about security updates and incidents to those that have explicitly asked to be sent them.
Also it said it never sends out information about security problems before its website has been updated with information about problems.
This means that if users cannot find information about security problems mentioned in an e-mail on the Microsoft site, they should be suspicious of the message.
Microsoft also urged users to type in the name of the website they are trying to reach rather than use a hyperlink as these can hide spoof websites.
"Users must be very careful to be sure they are going to the official update websites, rather than just following links in emails which have been sent by hackers," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.
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If you fall for this you are officially retarded and can collect dissability bennies.
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How to stay safe: If it doesn't come from a formal MSN address...DON'T TRUST IT! Stupid morons also forward that shit that says:
OMG if you don't forward this to every hotmail user, MSN will SHUT DOWN your account! This is urgent! I know someone who knows someone who walked into the corporate building and overheard a janitor talking about it! Therefore it must be true!
Morons...
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Anyone dumb enough to fall for that shit deserves it.
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i just forwarded this thread to everyone in my address book.
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Advance warning..don't listen to anything Whomod says..or paul...
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i like this version of whomod, its less gay.
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no dicks and kd lang = good...
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....this is Whomod? 
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Prometheus said:
....this is Whomod?
Where HAVE you been?
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