Trojan Poses As Bogus Ie7 Download

deary65

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If you get an email from support@microsoft.com with a link to Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1, don't go there: A trojan downloader will get installed and set up a backdoor into your computer. The spoofed message's link takes you to a site that looks convincingly similar to a Microsoft page...
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=107732&WT.svl=news1_1

espresso

redux wrote:

well, it's a bit unwise publishing the link, I think

could you edit it out?


what's more, RC1 isn't the latest version anyway - it's been fully released

There is nothing to edit out! Click on them and see for yourself.

:rolleyes:

redux

espresso wrote:

There is nothing to edit out! Click on them and see for yourself.

:rolleyes:

ok - my apologies - as you can tell, I didn't and assumed that was the destination of the link in the email

still, it was also interesting to see a record-breaking (for me) 19 spyware or adware cookies on that page ...