Fake "Microsoft Outlook" robo e-mail

MaryIngram wrote:

I am now getting e-mails of the same kind every time I open my emails, same sort, can't block or forward, have tried everything, as soon as one comes in I bin it, have bought new antivirus, anti tracker, cleanup, etc but while they are doing their job they are not stopping these emails, which always parade themselves as a company known to the internet, eg: trivago.co.uk or some others

1. You are checking this email account on the web at https://outlook.live.com ? Which browser?
2. If these are simply emails, mark them as Junk and don't waste time doing anything else. Don't create a rule or worry about your antivirus/security program. Spam and junk mail is harmless so long as you don't click on links.

Don

I am now getting e-mails of the same kind every time I open my emails, same sort, can't block or forward, have tried everything, as soon as one comes in I bin it, have bought new antivirus, anti tracker, cleanup, etc but while they are doing their job they are not stopping these emails, which always parade themselves as a company known to the internet, eg: trivago.co.uk or some others

Microsoft: Have you looked into this on-going issue? While I do not usually believe the sinister plot line, I suspect this mal-email will spread exponentially...Any ideas how to stop something that has been going on for over a month? Come on...

Like the Klingon Bird of Prey which had a device to render it invisible, the robo-mail is cloaked. The space it occupies is still there, it just does not show you anything. You probably see a grayish/beige bar across the top of your e-mails. That says it is there—just hidden.

Microsoft, you need to look at this very carefully.

Followed this thread for a few days since I had the same spam pop up.

Small update at least on my end: It doesn't show each time now, only saw it 2 times in the past 2 days. However, it still won't show sender, block options, reply/forward and so on; doing any of the (what I assume is automatically generated) suggested way of dealing with it is just impossible. Sending info to MS about it is equally impossible for someone with no IT background (I assume maybe some data can be found by digging very deep in codes and background stuff, but what do I know).

Even with the "ad" not being there on every single login, I think this is a serious breach of protection. Maybe the sender (or sending program) ran into issues sending it and the way to go beyond the spam/block functions is still available for more malicious practices. This is just waiting to be a major issue when not addressed. The alternative is that this was in fact a new kind of advertisement that was being tested and it went horribly wrong somewhere, but I wouldn't bet on it.