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01/13/2010 15:45
PHISHING ATTACK do not open links asking you to update mail software
The email you have received is spam that is attempting to get you to run the linked file. This file will attempt to infect the computer used with malware which may steal your passwords and other private information. We recommend that you delete this email and do not follow any of its instructions. Any email we send will be clearly identified as being from mysmallbizwebhosting.com. In addition to this, any upgrades which we perform on our servers will not require that you install anything on your own computer.
An example may look like:
Dear user of the yourdomainnamehere.com mailing service!
We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (youremailaddress @ yourdomain) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:
The link that follows looks like
http://yourdomain.com/owa/service_directory/settings.php?email=
Best regards, yourdomain.com Technical Support.
Letter ID#XI1980WFJH8D
Please delete the message.
