5/30/2006

Fake Microsoft emails hide Trojan spy

Filed under: — Aviran Mordo @ 6:58 pm

Fake emails that claim to offer security advice from Microsoft are cloaking the presence of a password-stealing Trojan horse, security experts have warned.

The bogus emails claim to come from ‘patch@microsoft.com’ with the warning that a hole has been found in the Microsoft WinLogon service that could ‘allow a hacker to gain access to an unpatched computer’.

Source: webuser.co.uk

 

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