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 E-MAIL TRACKING
 
 Common name: E-MAIL TRACKING
 Technical name: Microsoft e-mail tracking
 Threat Level: Low
 Type: Hoax
 Effects:  It attempts to trick users into forwarding the message to as many people as possible, by making them believe that they will be paid for it.

 Detection updated on: Dec. 16, 2003
 In circulation? No
  Brief Description
 

E-mail Tracking is not a virus; it is a hoax or an e-mail message that tricks users into believing that Microsoft will pay them a certain amount of money for forwarding the message.

E-mail tracking attempts to gain users' trust by giving apparently real information, such as the testimony of the sender, who supposedly received money from Microsoft for following the instructions contained in the message.

Its aim is to cause alarm and get users to forward the message.

In order to avoid problems, disregard this information, as it is completely false. You should also immediately delete the message, without forwarding it to anyone.

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  Visible Symptoms
 

E-mail Tracking arrives in an apparently normal e-mail message, but which can be identified by its message, because it refers to the possibility of getting money from Microsoft, in return for forwarding the message.



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Last updated:  Dec. 16, 2003 

 

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