Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert [was: Tom]

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I recently got a pop up on my Vista laptop that I printed out before I Xed it off. When I printed it out, the paper page said WD Defender at the top, and at the bottom it said Http://63n4yegr.2014-avdefender.in/index.php?key=285d04bde2....


The popup said Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Potential threat details Microsoft Security Essentials detected potential threats that might compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You need to clean your computer immediately to prevent the system crash.


It then listed 3 detected items, and offered only one button "Clean computer", so I Xed out of the popup, without pressing the Cleanup button. Is this a legitimate Microsoft Seurity Essentials Alert, or is this malware? Before Xing out of the popup, I printed it out

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