Hotmail Hoax

According to Sophos the number virus this week is the Hotmail Hoax.

Beware of the following text in emails:


 Hello to everyone from the Hotmail Headquarters! This is just a little test to see who is actively using their email account and in effect deleting all inactive users accounts. This process will make the whole site faster and easier to use for the active users. Now on to what to do with this email. All you have to do is forward this on to at least 10 registered Hotmail users. If you don't forward this on within 48 hours of reading it, your account will be deactivated momentarily until you contact Hotmail Headquarters.


READ THE PARAGRAPH IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR HOTMAIL ACCOUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Hotmail User,

Because of the sudden rush of people signing up to Hotmail, it has come to our attention that we are vastly running out of resources. So, within a month's time, anyone who does not receive this email with the exact subject heading, will be deleted off our server. Please forward this email so that we know you are still using this account.

WARNING WARNING

We want to find out which users are actually using their Hotmail accounts. So if you are using your account, please pass this e-mail to every Hotmail user that you can and if you do not pass this letter to anyone we will delete your account.


Unfortunately people tend to believe Hoax messages and over react to the messages in E-mail.  We get calls everyday from people asking about possible viruses associated with their E-mail account.  Best rule of thumb is to delete the message rather than open it.  Go to another PC or Laptop and research the message on one of the popular virus protection sites.  We recommend Sophos, Trend or AVG as a good resources to research possible virus threats. Set up your E-mail client so that emails are scanned before download from your service provider.

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