--- title: Fake Microsoft Installer | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of a fake Microsoft installer phishing lure that tricks users into downloading a malicious batch script (Microsoft.bat). The attack flow involves... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fake-microsoft-installer-advanz2ly twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Fake Microsoft Installer | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of a fake Microsoft installer phishing lure that tricks users into downloading a malicious batch script (Microsoft.bat). The attack flow involves... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fake-microsoft-installer-advanz2ly og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AdVAnZ2ly.png og:image:alt: Fake Microsoft Installer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fake Microsoft Installer **[John Hammond](https://daily.dev/sources/johnhammond)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of a fake Microsoft installer phishing lure that tricks users into downloading a malicious batch script (Microsoft.bat). The attack flow involves a credential harvesting page that prompts users to install a fake 'Microsoft security module', which is actually a .bat file designed to run command prompt commands on the victim's machine. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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