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Be wary of fictitious vendor security alerts received via email
09/30/2009
Campus email users have reported receiving email messages from "Microsoft" advising them to install an operating system security update attached to the message as part of a monthly update process.
Do not run the program attached to this message, because it is malware, or will point to a Web site that hosts malware. Microsoft and other vendors do not distribute security updates via email attachments. The message is fictitious and almost certainly intended to infect your computer with a malicious program.
Campus filters stripped the attachment from messages sent to the central campus email system, but messages sent to non-campus addresses might still carry the attachment.
Read more about campus cybersecurity here.
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