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I keep getting this message and it's got me wondering anyone know anything about it??

Dear Customer,

Our robot has detected an abnormal activity from your IP adress on sending e-mails. Probably it is connected with the last epidemic of a worm which does not have official patches at the moment.

We recommend you to install this patch <http://71.94.2.5/?21c83715e8517a32e6b9ea6878b15d7703a3> to remove worm files and stop email sending, otherwise your account will be blocked.

Abuse Team

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Is this from your ISP?

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1. Do NOT click in the link.

2. Forward email to your ISP Security people.

3. If it were professional, they would know how to spell "address".

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Also - always question URL's that start with just an IP address and not words. And full headers of the eMail would help determine a quicker answer for you.

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Originally Posted by chiaz
Is this from your ISP?
No it is not from my ISP I didn't notice the spelling mistake I thought it was spam when they did'nt specify my IP address just thought I check with you guys to see because a while back my IP address got marked as a spammers due to malware sending those viagra emails from my IP address. I guess the email reminded me of that and made me panic

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It is likely spam-- The best practice is to never click on any link in an email. Spoofing/phishing is rampant now... I get them all the time due to my EBay account. All have been fake.
Even if I believe them legit-- I still don't use the link-- I log on as normal and check on the issue. This is where Roboform is a lifesaver... makes it easy/fast to log in.
I would definitely forward it to your ISP-- they will likely be interested

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