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Fake Microsoft Patch Triggers Virus Attack

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-what-you-click dept.

boarder8925 writes "eWeek reports: 'Like day follows night, a bogus cumulative update with a malicious attachment has followed Microsoft's patch day. In what has become a monthly staple, virus writers are taking advantage of the heightened public interest around Microsoft's patching cycle to trick users into executing a malicious attachment. The latest social engineering trick arrives via e-mail with an attachment that purports to be a 'cumulative patch' for May 2005.'"

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  1. More Microsoft Excuses by mfh · · Score: 1, Troll

    I am so tired of all these Microsoft excuses with their fake updates and now their in-house virus writing staff ramping up to start promoting their virus PROTECTION. It's like the carpet salesman who won't leave!

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    The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
  2. Re:This is why the "double standard" by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Troll
    This isn't even news, never mind "News for Nerds." This is OLD.

    Anyone falling for it deserves what they get. Hopefully, they will become so overloaded with crap their computers will commit suicide in shame ... oh, wait, they're running Windows, they can't get any lower than that ...

    only crap I got installed on my PC was through worms which couldn't really be avoided.
    Bwhahahaha. Oops, sorry, just had to laugh, 'cus it IS funny.
  3. In Soviet Russia... by DarkTwin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Virus attacks trigger patches.