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	<title>Security and Privacy &#187; microsoft</title>
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		<title>Microsoft update for Windows 7 KB2505438</title>
		<link>http://hijack-this.co.uk/2011/03/microsoft-update-for-windows-7-kb2505438/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are seeing on the forums and newsgroups several reports from users of &#8220;worries&#8221; about this update and following the links from the windows update page or the update history page on your computer doesn&#8217;t take you to the correct Microsoft support &#38; information page about the update but to an advertising page Ths is due to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are seeing on the forums and newsgroups several reports from users of &#8220;worries&#8221; about this update and following the links from the windows update page or the  update history page on your computer doesn&#8217;t take you to the correct Microsoft support &amp; information page about the update but to an advertising page</p>
<p>Ths is due to a mistype by Microsoft when inserting the link. <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>You are NOT infected</strong>. <strong>Microsoft website is NOT infected</strong></span>. It is just a mistype by a Microsoft employee.<br />
Microsoft have fixed the link on the windows update page  and partially have on the history page on your computer. It looks like some of the regional Microsoft update servers are still giving a cached copy of the update with the bad link, but others are giving the correct link.<br />
The correct link for support or information about this update is<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505438" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505438</a><br />
The mistyped link was</p>
<p>http://support.micrososft.com/kb/2505438</p>
<p>Note the extra S in microsft<br />
It is an easy typing error to make.<br />
So Don&#8217;t panic about it. I repeat again <strong>you are not infected</strong>, Microsoft website is not infected, it was just a simple typing error that  has been partially corrected and I expect to be fully corrected very soon.</p>
<p>We often see major problems with typo squatting. This is when unscrupulous people buy up every possible combination of mistypes for common domain names, in the hope that they will get money  someone mistypes a URL ( web address)  and lands on their site/landing page instead. This time it is only harmless advertising but in many cases the unscrupulous owner will either attempt to sell you a fake program or even worse install malware from the fake page.<br />
Watch links you follow &amp; make sure that they are spelled correctly<br />
See the screenshots</p>
<div id="attachment_443" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a class="thickbox" rel="442" href="http://hijack-this.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2505438.png" ><img class="size-medium wp-image-443" title="2505438" src="http://hijack-this.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2505438-300x159.png" alt="" width="300" height="159" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mistyped url on update history for KB2505438</p></div>
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		<title>Another Microsoft Security Essentials scam</title>
		<link>http://hijack-this.co.uk/2010/11/another-microsoft-security-essentials-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antivirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malware]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again we need to warn you about a scam involving Microsoft Security Essentials Security Essentials is a free Antivirus program from Microsoft available to any windows user with a validated copy of a supported desktop version of windows ( XP SP3, Vista SP2 Windows 7 ) You should only download it from the Microsoft [...]]]></description>
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<p>Once again we need to warn you about a scam involving Microsoft Security Essentials<br />
Security Essentials is a free Antivirus program from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/">Microsoft </a>available to any windows user with a validated copy of a supported desktop version of windows ( XP SP3, Vista SP2 Windows 7 ) You should only download it from the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/">Microsoft Security Essentials website </a><br />
The scammers have created a look a like site with links to download Security Essentials BUT following the links you have to create a membership with them &amp; pay for the privilege of downloading free software. It is the same scam that I told you about in <a href="http://hijack-this.co.uk/2010/09/adobe-reader-update-scam/">this post about Adobe Reader</a><br />
This one appears to be a different bunch of scammers but with the same result. They will clear your credit card &amp; sell all your details to anyone they can.<br />
One malware researcher used their links to download Security Essentials &amp; got a nasty trojan instead of the genuine program</p>
<div id="attachment_396" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a class="thickbox" rel="395" href="http://hijack-this.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mse1.jpg" ><img class="size-medium wp-image-396" title="mse1" src="http://hijack-this.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mse1-300x226.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="226" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fake Microsoft Security Essentials site</p></div>
<p><a class="thickbox" rel="395" href="http://hijack-this.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mse2.jpg" ><img class="size-medium wp-image-397 alignnone" title="mse2" src="http://hijack-this.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mse2-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>If you read carefully, you see they do say in the tiny small print that MSE is a free program and you are paying for the benefit and convenience of downloading it from them instead of the approved free Microsoft site<br />
<a class="thickbox" rel="395" href="http://hijack-this.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mse3.jpg" ><img class="size-medium wp-image-398 alignnone" title="mse3" src="http://hijack-this.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mse3-300x56.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="56" /></a></p>
<p>We stress again that <strong>http://securityessentials-2011.com</strong> is a scam site that is trying to steal your money and is not to be trusted . Only download Microsoft Security Essentials direct from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/" >Microsoft </a></p>

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		<title>IE out of band patch</title>
		<link>http://hijack-this.co.uk/2010/01/ie-out-of-band-patch/</link>
		<comments>http://hijack-this.co.uk/2010/01/ie-out-of-band-patch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[browser]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an advance notification of one out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on January 21, 2010. The bulletin will be for Internet Explorer to address limited, targeted attacks against customers of Internet Explorer 6, as well as fixes for vulnerabilities rated Critical that are not currently under active attack. The full [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an advance notification of one out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on January 21, 2010. The bulletin will be for Internet Explorer to address limited, targeted attacks against customers of Internet Explorer 6, as well as fixes for vulnerabilities rated Critical that are not currently under active attack.</p>
<p>The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for this release can be found at  <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-jan.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-jan.mspx</a>.</p>
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		<title>Microsoft Lottery Spam</title>
		<link>http://hijack-this.co.uk/2009/11/microsoft-lottery-spam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We seem to have a new batch of the Microsoft lottery spam emails again These have a @live.com email address with what at first glance looks like it could be a proper microsoft or MSN email address ( they of course are not genuine Microsoft or associated with Microsoft in any way) DO NOT fall [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We seem to have a new batch of the Microsoft lottery spam emails again</p>
<p>These have a @live.com email address with what at first glance looks like it could be a proper microsoft or MSN email address ( they of course are not genuine Microsoft or associated with Microsoft in any way)</p>
<p>DO NOT fall for the scam &amp; try to ring the 070240****** number . it is a premium rate number that will have along recorded message on it and cost you £0.50 per minute</p>
<p>You won&#8217;t get any money from these scammers but they will get money from you</p>
<p>I have blanked out the full email address and phone number from the image to save the unwary</p>
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