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Virus Email - "Congratulations on Your Purchase Windows"

If you have received the email message below with the subject: "Congratulations on your purchase Windows," pleased delete it. This is because it was sent by cyber-criminals and has a virus or a Trojan horse attached to it. Any attempts to open the malicious attachment ("Invoice Windows10 8183768842-en.zip") will infect your computer with a virus or Trojan horse, which will create a back-door on your computer that will allow cyber-criminals to come in and steal your personal and financial. They may also use it to take control of your computer, which they will use for other fraudulent purposes.

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The Fake and Malicious Email Message

Subject: Congratulations on your purchase Windows
Attachment: Invoice Windows10 8183768842-en.zip

The invoice for the license windows 10.

Invoice id: 2324737332

License number: 474856257071

License serial number: XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-P8SXOU-HH4063

Details of the attachment.

THANKS A LOT FOR BEING WITH US.

Remember, never open an email attachment that has a name ending with ".zip" from a suspicious email message or from an email message that you were not expecting.

Click here for a list of email attachments that you should never open, regardless of where they came from.

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