Fraudulent Microsoft Update Web Site

by certifiedbug on February 6, 2008

in Microsoft, Security

US-CERT reports a fake Microsoft Update web site which contains an “Urgent Install” button that, when clicked, attempts to download and install malware.

The web site is using fast flux DNS which allows bot nets to use a multitude of servers to hide a key host; meaning that in order to disable it, countless hosts would have to be taken down.

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