Virus alert from the forums

[FireEternal]

I'm pretty sure this is full of shit but i'm going to let you know anyways. i recieved an e-mail from the webmaster of the forums informing me of virus activity on my computer.

here's the message:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL!
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Dear FireEternal,

You have received a new private message at U3 Forums from RazzorrMan, entitled "Please, take into account..".

To read the original version, respond to, or delete this message, you must log in here:
http://u3.net.au/forums/private.php

This is the message that was sent:
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Hello, friend. There are viruses' activities from your computer in last few days. Strongly recommend you to check your computer. You can find a report about your computer's security and solve every problem with it here: <a href="http://u3.net.au/forums/redirector.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fantivirus.podzone. net%2Fhitin.php%3Fland%3D20%26affid%3D41000%26dete cted%3D-" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://antivirus.podzone.net/hitin.p...000&detected=-</a> Sinqnew -;FireEternal;*Undead*Will;killerbot823;Mitcho
Thank you. Forum member.
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Again, please do not reply to this email. You must go to the following page to reply to this private message:
http://u3.net.au/forums/private.php

All the best,
U3 Forums


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Now common sense says its not real and when i checked for the private message there was none.
You might like to check this out guys.

[Timmsy]

Yeah m8 its spam, just delete it bud

[Sandals]

Yea, I got the same email... it is picking random email addresses too... it sent one to Sinex and me, but from different people..

[*Undead*Will]

I've gotten the feeling that someone has gotten into U3's mail thingy. A "webmaster@u3.net.au", same as all U3 messages. B the fact that a few people from here has gotten it.

I'm going to do a test, reply back

[Timmsy]

Originally Posted by *Undead*Will

I've gotten the feeling that someone has gotten into U3's mail thingy. A "webmaster@u3.net.au", same as all U3 messages. B the fact that a few people from here has gotten it.

I'm going to do a test, reply back

no one has got into U3 mail thingy lol
Its just a spam bot that has sent you a pm thats all
his account has been fried, nothing to worry about

[$p33dy_k]

i got it too some1 from 'razzorrman'

[FireEternal]

Just wanted to be sure the forums hadn't been attacked. sweet as

[*Undead*Will]

Originally Posted by Timmsy

no one has got into U3 mail thingy lol
Its just a spam bot that has sent you a pm thats all
his account has been fried, nothing to worry about

So it doesn't matter if I spam it back? (only thing the worked...)

[Zangen]

I thought I had a new friend...... now I am sad.

He is probably a member of phogotology.