New Microsoft Hoax
I received an email today from Microsoft. At least, it looked like a Microsoft email, telling me to install a cumulative security patch for the month of September.
But something looked dodgy.
- If it was from Microsoft, why was the sender’s email address julzsiqpkxb-zrtwmnhn@updates.com?
- Why would Microsoft send an exe file, when we usually download updates
from their website? - Why would Microsoft send an exe file to its users, many of whom use Outlook,
which blocks exe files in the first place?
So I did a keyword search on Google, and came up with some interesting results. If you get this error message on your computer, you’ve been hit by the worm:
Error occurred Memory access violation in module kernel32 at :”
Turns out this worm’s been spreading since Sep 18! And Microsoft issued a warning on Sep 19, on suspicious-looking emails claiming to be from them.