Phishing ?

[RAZR]

I just received that in junk on hotmail, I didn't want to click on it, when I put my mouse on the url, it showed another website than the one showed.

I received 2 of that steamban thing ..





This really look like phishing, am I wrong ?

[cpnichol]

It is some kind of phishing / virus type thing, do not click the link. This is an email I got from Steambans:

"This is a warning for some of you that have received an email from "admin@steambans.com" with a link to a supposed new game-portal: <b>Do NOT click the link.</b>

As this is a recent event and investigation is still pending I will not make any statements towards the cause yet, but this is what I have concluded thus far:

1. Only some people registered here received the mail.
2. E-mail addresses not registered here also got the mail.
3. The e-mail address used (admin@steambans.com) is not an existing e-mail address, the technique used is a commonly used one to send seemingly trustworthy information and not something we can control.

Nonetheless, as proper Samaritans we have sent all the information available to us to the ISP and filed so-called 'abuse reports' at the related web instances.

Again, do NOT click the link - and if you did, make sure to run a virus and spayware scan. Below are a few programs I recommend in case you did:

<u>Spyware</u>
- <a href="Ad-Aware 2007 Free - Lavasoft" target="_blank">Lavasoft Ad-Aware</a>
- <a href="The home of Spybot-S&D!" target="_blank">Spybot Search and Destroy</a>

<u>Anti-virus</u>
- <a href="Free antivirus software download" target="_blank">Avast!</a>
- <a href="Free Virus Scan - Kaspersky Lab" target="_blank">Kasperky Online Scanner</a>"

[RAZR]

I just opened the mail, to screen them, but I didn't click on any url.

[Drifter]

yea I got the same thing phil got. But I never got any sketchy email. But I wouldn't clicky any thing and yea its suppose to take you to a site that gives you virus or something.

[chucky]

yea i got that but i ignored it and just deleting the message right away.