Latest Bad Email Going Around

I just received an email in my inbox that looks very convincing. However, Microsoft does not send out update notifications via email. Official updates are pushed down to your computer from Microsoft directly.

DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.

FROM: noreply@microsoft.com
SUBJECT: Microsoft Outlook Update

Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721)
Brief Description
Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express. This update is critical and provides you with the latest version of the Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express and offers the highest level of security and stability.

Instructions
• To install Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721) please visit Microsoft Update Center: [BAD ADDRESS]

Quick Details
• File Name: officexp-KB910721-FullFile-ENU.exe
• Version: 1.5
• Date Published: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:17:06 -0300
• Language: English
• File Size: 100 KB

System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP; Windows Vista
• This update applies to the following product: Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express

How to Protect Yourself

• Use common sense.
• Always hover over a link before you click on it in Outlook.
• Delete the message, instead of forwarding it to someone else or replying.
• Ask your network administrator to add this email to the blacklist (although, this is like playing that Whac-a-mole game at Chuck-E-Cheeses).

What’s Really Going On

If you look at the image below, you’ll see that the actual address that it brings you to is NOT microsoft. What it is doing is ‘Phishing‘ for information.