got email from NTL about account suspension
 

Hello,

I recieved an email today from NTL saying that they have suspended my account.

does this email look safe to open, and deffinitely from NTL?

ik

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

no it isn't from ntl....

and yes the attachment probably does contain an attachment :)

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

an attachment of viral kind?

ik

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

and this is what a genuine mail looks like.....

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

yep, most likely. kill it!

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

opps... i meant to type "and the attachment probably contains a virus" ;)

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

thanks Monkeybreath

It is now gone

I would rep you but I got to spread it a bit first, so a greeny asap.

ik

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

do NTL only send out html email?

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

i am not 100% sure but i have only ever seen html mail....

when there was a spate of email virus our advice at work was to advise people that a genuine mail will always contain the ntl logo, so i guess that means yes :)

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

If the email account has been suspended, how come the email got through :dozey:

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

looks like bull**** to me. Slightly OT... but:
- how did you get the weather in thunderbird?
- what skin is that- I like it!

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

:notopic: It might be this

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

done for you

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

Except that the "don't reply to this e-mail, click here" is also a technique used by scamsters trying to phish for passwords or get you to log onto a site that tries to download malware to your system.

The only way to deal with a mail like that is to go to the main site manually (or via a bookmark you know to be genuine) and then look for what you need there.

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

No they don't, ntl employees who use email can send plain text or html.

Any email that arrives with an attachment should be scanned with an anti virus program, regardless who it is from. That is basic security advice.

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

http://free.grisoft.com get some antivirus if you don't already have any

but yeah that email looked very suspicious

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

Bleh, I did say it was OT. :rolleyes: thx anyway. :)

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

Looks like a variation of the old bagle worm, which has been around for 12+ months.

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

haha thats funny, they send you an email to your suspended email account telling you your email account is suspended.

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

Yeah I'd noticed that... the irony... :LOL:

Re: got email from NTL about account suspension
 

These emails were popular a year or so ago, usually caused by the Bagle (Beagle) virus. ntl will never send (unsolicited) attachments to customers.