Is this genuine?

Rockman

I just received this e mail:


Dear Account Owner,


VIRUS NOTIFICATION

A DGTFX Virus has been detected in your folders. Your email account has to be upgraded to our new Secured DGTFX anti-virus 2012 version to prevent damages to our web mail log and to your important files. Click your reply tab, Fill the columns below and send back to us or your email account will be terminated to avoid spread of the virus.

Note that your password will be encrypted with 1024-bit RSA keys for your password safety




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* Full Name:......................................

* Username:........................................
* Password:........................................
* Date of Birth: ................................
* Country Or Territory:................


Warning!!! Account owner that fails to verify his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.


Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online privacy statement:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=741

[FONT='Comic Sans MS'][/FONT]
You received this email because you subscribed to Windows Live Alerts.This is a non monitored email account. This email was sent by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052. ?2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved



Please remember Hotmail, Messenger and SkyDrive may be accessed directly from your phone or phone's web browser. For more info, see Get mail on your phone, Get Messenger on your phone, and Get SkyDrive on your phone.
We remain focused on making Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive and your Windows PC the best that they can be. Note that this change has no impact on your ability to access Hotmail, Messenger, and Skydrive.
Thanks for your understanding and patience as we update our services.



Sincerely,
The Windows Live Team





Can anyone advise if this is genuine and if so should I reply?

Thanks

LincolnshireYokel

no, its a scam. If they have 'detected' a virus in your folders, why do they need you email username and password? If that was from the email admin, he could just look at your account to get your password.

Anyone who ask for usernames, passwords, account number or anything like that is a crook.

Some of the scammers are so good at faking other peopoles web pages and corporate looks they could make more money just doing web design, instead of wasting there time scamming people.

Lady_K

Sounds like a scam to me, I wouldnt reply to it and I wouldnt click on any link within it either. Why would windows live want to know your password when they would already know it anyway

-TangleFoot-

Is that the typeface used in the actual message? No-one should use Comic Sans if they want to be taken seriously.

Besides, Microsoft's AV solution is called Forefront.

Lifeforms

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/dgtfx-virus-phishing-scam.shtml

digp

who is your email provider?

looks like you need an email provider with better antispam capabilities.

russell_e

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Is that the typeface used in the actual message? No-one should use Comic Sans if they want to be taken seriously.

Besides, Microsoft's AV solution is called Forefront.

It's Microsoft Security Essentials. Forefront is the corporate name for the same product

-TangleFoot-

russell_e wrote: »

It's Microsoft Security Essentials.

A horse by any other name...

Anubis_2

NEVER EVER respond to ANY email that requests a username and password. You shouldn't really open any mail unless you know where it is from anyway - and never click on any links within these mails.

Email headers can sometimes indicate where the email generates from/mail servers used - if it's spoofed mail.

Enterprise_1701C

It starts with Dear Account Owner, and not your name, therefore it is a scam.

Simplistik

Yes, it is a Phishing scam, of course.

But may be worth pointing out that there are no 'dodgy' links in the email, it relies on the user replying to the mail.
The 'From' address will most likely be genuine, but the 'Reply-To' address in the header will be theirs.

They left '!!!!!! Craddock' off the bottom this time, but that's his signature,
Poor old !!!!!!, lol

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/08/10/i-will-never-ask-for-your-password.aspx