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I hope there is no one out there, still falling for this kind of spam. It came this morning, and gave me a good hearty laugh; it was THAT lame:

Dear Windows user,
We recently noticed that your computer is not updated against viruses.
We invite you to update your computer as soon as possible:
[hypertext transfer protocol]microsoft.com/windows/update.aspx?id=21156

Thank you for your understanding.

All in plain text, no images, no “Get Live Mail” advertisement at the bottom, nothing. And when I moved my cursor over the link to the url, it led to this:

[hypertext transfer protocol]megateamworld.net/modules/WindowsUpdate

which is an .exe file. Which means clicking the link will install a (malicious) program onto your computer.

So not even the url was spoofed. There the phishing link was, plain as day! Dumb!! And annoying! :cuss:

Remember, never click on links in emails unless you are expecting them. For added protection, I never open “Fwd” emails anymore. It’s just not worth it to get a virus or a worm so I can look at another “inspirational-story-with-sparkly-pictures-pass-this-on-to-100-friends!!” emails. Not worth it.