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The average level of malicious activity online seems to be reaching a fever pitch. It's inspiring malicious actors to step up their attempts to trick users into coughing up financial information or allow malware to infiltrate their systems. Fake COVID-19 domains will likely start cropping up in phishing emails, text messages, and other related scams in the coming weeks. Microsoft has sounded the alarm for users about the problem, but with several hundred variants already known to be circulating, there's no telling how widespread the threat might eventually become.