Don’t get fooled into clicking phony Windows 10 upgrade emails

“Fraudulent emails encouraging you to upgrade to Windows 10 will drop ransomware, not Microsoft’s new OS, onto your PC.

A post published to Cisco Systems’s company blog outlines how scammers are taking advantage of Windows 10’s launch to push ransomware onto unsuspecting PC users.  At first glance, the emails look reasonably legit: Cisco notes that scammers are spoofing the sender’s email address to make it look as if the message is from Microsoft. Also, the blue-and-white color scheme used in the message nearly matches the colors Microsoft is using for Windows 10 marketing materials. So unless you look carefully, you could get fooled into thinking the email is actually from Microsoft.

An attached .zip file purports to be a Windows 10 installer, but according to Cisco, the attachment contains a piece of ransomware called CTB-Locker that encrypts your files and requests payment within 96 hours, lets your files be encrypted forever.”

Read it all at pcworld.com.

Read more at “Scam Alert: Microsoft Is Not Upgrading Computers To Windows 10 Through Email” at consumerist.com.

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