This alert is for any of you that are using Windows 8 or may be contemplating using Windows 8 in the future.
This morning, in my Inbox, I had an email from, "Microsoft Windows", with the subject, "Windows8 Update". Because I use Windows 8, I opened the email and this is what it said:
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Dear User,
It has come to our attention that your Microsoft windows Installation records are out of date. Every Windows installation has to be registered with an email account for daily update.
This requires you to verify the Email Account. Failure to verify your records will result in account suspension. Click on the VERIFY button below and enter your login information on the following page to Confirm your records.
VERIFY
To update your account
Thank you,
Microsoft Windows Team.
Windows update Center
Support for Microsoft Update
Use Microsoft Answers to find Solutions
Online Assisted Support Center
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This email looked awfully suspicios to me. When I placed (I did not click) my mouse pointer on the link that said, "VERIFY" in big, bold, capital letters, I saw that it was going to direct me to a Web site, "http://angushowto101.com/windows8/windows". Hmmm! Not exactly a Microsoft Web site.
I did some further investigation which confirmed my belief that this was a scam to get your email information. Click on this link to learn more about this scam http://m.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/fake-windows-update-notice-wants-your-email-passwords-1B6110340
And here's another http://mashable.com/2012/09/26/microsoft-hoax-passwords/
