{"id":151967,"date":"2026-04-24T00:48:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=151967"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:48:36","slug":"beware-fake-windows-update-download-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/beware-fake-windows-update-download-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware Fake Windows Update Download Sites!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-1613758018\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>Security Company <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/boost-security-with-malwarebytes-browser-guard\/\">Malwarebytes<\/a> has recently identified a fake Windows Update site that closely mimics an official Microsoft site to trick users into downloading a malicious update.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/boost-security-with-malwarebytes-browser-guard\/\">Malwarebytes<\/a>, the phishing site convincingly mimics official Microsoft support pages, and the attack targets Windows users by offering what appears to be a legitimate cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2.<\/p>\n<p>The attack uses trustworthy technologies in a layered approach to help the malware evade antivirus detection. The malware is a typical data-theft variant that, once successfully deployed, can harvest sensitive data, such as browser-stored credentials, Discord tokens, and financial (payment) related information.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, we published an article recently highlighting very similar types of threats &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/has-security-software-won-the-battle-against-malware\/\">Has Security Software Won The Battle Against Malware<\/a> &#8211; and this example of a fake phishing website only serves to emphasize the importance of user vigilance.<\/p><div id=\"daves-576275567\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>BOTTOM LINE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>While I doubt DCT readers would source Windows Updates in this manner, it doesn&#8217;t hurt to remind users to download Windows updates only via the native Windows Update setting or via the official <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/install-windows-updates-3c5ae7fc-9fb6-9af1-1984-b5e0412c556a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows Support website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"This Small Action Can Help You Stay Safe On Your PC\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/this-small-action-can-help-you-stay-safe-on-your-pc\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"260\">Stay safe<\/a> out there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p><div id=\"daves-3458859865\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"daves-50022667\" class=\"daves-after-content daves-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Company Malwarebytes has recently identified a fake Windows Update site that closely mimics an official Microsoft site to trick users into downloading a malicious update. According to Malwarebytes, the phishing site convincingly mimics official Microsoft support pages, and the attack targets Windows users by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,408],"tags":[14857,59,226],"class_list":["post-151967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phishing-internet","category-sites-internet","tag-fake-sites","tag-phishing","tag-scam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151967"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152186,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151967\/revisions\/152186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}