Email Offering IE7? PASS!

Did you recently get email from "support@microsoft.com"? How many times have I pointed out that

Microsoft does not email software offers or updates.

Today, The Register: Trojan download site spoofs IE7 release outlet points out that

Hackers have created a bogus Internet Explorer 7 download site that attempts to load Trojan code onto the PCs of visiting surfers.

Traffic to the malicious website is being driven by a spoofed email message, claiming to be from support@microsoft.com, offering a link to download Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.

Once again, here's a clue.

Microsoft does not email software offers or updates.

And, if you ignore the warning, yet another chance to become part of a growing trend: botnet membership, a club that you do not need to join.