Possible botnet - received notice from AT&T (SOLVED)

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Possible botnet - received notice from AT&T (SOLVED)

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I received following from my ISP:
[quote]IMPORTANT COMPUTER SAFETY NOTICE from AT&T Internet Services Security Center -“IRC Traffic Detected
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Re: Possible botnet - received notice from AT&T

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[quote="yarddog"]I received following from my ISP:
[quote]IMPORTANT COMPUTER SAFETY NOTICE from AT&T Internet Services Security Center -“IRC Traffic Detected

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Re: Possible botnet - received notice from AT&T

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James C wrote:
I received the same message a couple of times here....it appears to me to be some type of a scam.

Just to be safe I did scan my Linux boxes, I use the BitDefender Rescue cd, but didn't find anything out of the norm.
http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_ ... cue-cd.iso

HTH.
i downloaded the rescue-cd.iso and tried to run

i have three linux partitions plus storage partition on hard drive

how do i tell bit defender which partition to scan???

i tried to run scan and received many, many permission denied messages

appreciate your help

thanks
yarddog

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#4 Post by Bruce B »

Do you have a wireless router someone could be tapped into?

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#5 Post by bigpup »

AT&T does not send out notices like this.
This is a scam!!
Trying to get you to download and install a botnet or something worse.

Bruce B

#6 Post by Bruce B »

bigpup wrote:Trying to get you to download and install a botnet or something worse.
If you go to the web page, how about telling if you think it is a genuine att.com site?

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#7 Post by nooby »

Even if it is a genuine site that could still be them using it and them have injected script that take you to their scam site that also looks exactly like the right one.

So these guys are very clever.

I also are very skeptical to that ATT send out such.

Do google search on the text and the url to see if others also has had these warnings.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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Bruce B wrote:Do you have a wireless router someone could be tapped into?

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no wireless-
dsl cable modem only that is turned off when computer is off

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bigpup wrote:AT&T does not send out notices like this.
This is a scam!!
Trying to get you to download and install a botnet or something worse.
looks pretty realistic to me -
following is complete message received

WARNING NOTICE from AT&T Internet Services Security Center
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 11:42 AM
From:
"AT&T Internet Services Security Center" <abuse@att.net>
Add sender to Contacts

my email address omitted

IMPORTANT COMPUTER SAFETY NOTICE from AT&T Internet Services Security Center -“IRC Traffic Detected
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nooby wrote:Even if it is a genuine site that could still be them using it and them have injected script that take you to their scam site that also looks exactly like the right one.

So these guys are very clever.

I also are very skeptical to that ATT send out such.

Do google search on the text and the url to see if others also has had these warnings.
results of search on text -


WARNING NOTICE from AT&T Internet Services Security Center- PHISHING EMAIL!!!
Options
* Report Inappropriate Content

10-22-2010 11:31:39 AM

Below is a copy of an email I received from "AT&T Internet Services Security Center" . I was not able to find any posting regarding this and so I called AT&T's internet tech support at 1-877-722-3755 to verify that this is in fact bogus email. Tech support said that: 1) AT&T will never link to third party websites - AT&T links to within their own website; 2) "From" email address is not legit!. I hope this info makes it easier on the next person who tries seaching this subject.....here is the email in it's entirety:

see above for complete email

thanks for suggestion
yarddog

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