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Bogus MS Update Comes With Malicious Attachment


Just in time for Microsoft's most recent security advisory, spammers are now distributing yet another fake Microsoft Update. It arrives with the subject Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows and purports to come from the Microsoft Official Update Center. It even includes a Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Signature block to give it more authenticity.

Of course, with the email comes the supposedly security update, which is now detected by Trend Micro through the Smart Protection Network as BKDR_HAXDOOR.MX. BKDR_HAXDOOR.MX makes multiple registry entry changes to enable it to run at every system startup (even if the system starts using Safe Mode). It downloads a file containing HTML codes used by the malware to fake legitimate financial-related websites. Bogus ‘MS Update’ Comes With Malicious Attachment | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro




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