[Leica] Warning - Nasty e-mail threat

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Hi all,
> 
> a mail pretending to be from Microsoft is doing the rounds.
> 
> It''s particularly nasty because of hundreds of recent reports of a
> security issue with Microsoft products.
> 
> It says it's an important security update and has a link at the bottom.
> DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.
> 
> The sender is MISCROSOFT.COM (one S too many) and there's very probably
> something nasty at the other end of that link.
> 
> Hope nobody has - cheers
> Douglas
> 

I've been getting those several times a week for a decade.
Usually if it says Microsoft on it I know its a worm or malware or a virus
or spam or the like. I think my anti spam software knows this too.
The real virus is the emails which follow.

[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner