Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN
| I got a notice from WOW
I got this notice about 3 weeks ago, and I'm going to be honest because I think the info is important, The last time I used bit torrent was about a month or two ago, and I downloaded the NIN album, and a Ubuntu distro. That is it, and I received this notice once when I pulled up Firefox.
I have continued to call the number but get no answer for almost two weeks now. |
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Oedipus
join:2005-05-09
 ·Comcast
 ·DSL EXTREME
·AT&T DSL Service
| said by Pv8man  :I got this notice about 3 weeks ago, and I'm going to be honest because I think the info is important, The last time I used bit torrent was about a month or two ago, and I downloaded the NIN album, and a Ubuntu distro. That is it, and I received this notice once when I pulled up Firefox.I have continued to call the number but get no answer for almost two weeks now. I've never seen an ISP relay a "warning" quite like that. Looks kinda iffy to me, especially if your internet is still functional. |
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ragingwolf
join:2003-04-22
Nepean, ON | A canadian isp, rogers, can do this kind of thing. If you go over, or get near their cap, they give you a warning through the browser like the person above. I wouldn't be surprised to see this kind of message in the US though :/ |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
Premium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to Oedipus
It could be thought of as a phishing attempt, especially if
it didn't come from the ISP itself.
Either that or a social engineering ploy to get malware
installed on your computer.
A real example of this recently was cybercriminals spoofing
MediaDefender emails sent to subscribers, telling them to
open an attachment to see infringement details. The attachment
was of course a trojan.
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"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot)
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