Should I Be Worried?

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I got this and another one recently, should I be worried? :wtf:

Good day

You are receiving this email because Cybersmart has received a complaint that
while the following IP number (41.177.xx.xxx) was assigned to your ADSL account
([email protected]), you or your computer(s) was either:

- sending bulk/unsolicited/spam emails or,
- hosting illegal content or,
- attempting to gain unauthorised access to a network or computer.

It may be that your computer(s) has been compromised with some form of malware.
This is especially true if you don't recognise the email that was apparently
sent by you! Please update your virus/malware scanners. If you are using a
Microsoft product you can try http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
which is both free and scans for viruses, spyware and other malicious software.

Other free options to remove viruses/malware are:
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* http://free.antivirus.com/rubotted/
* http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
* http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
* http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

If you are hosting illegal content or torrents, please immediately remove or
block access to the infringing material and insure that you refrain from using
or sharing with others unauthorized materials in the future.

Cybersmart is committed to your privacy and to your freedom to use the service,
but we may be required by law to take appropriate action where a third party
notifies us that the service is being used for illegal purposes.

You are requested to reply to this complaint, the details of which are listed
below, by sending a message informing [email protected] as to the action
that will / has been taken to rectify this situation. And the necessary action
taken on your part to ensure that this kind of abuse does not occur again in
the future.

This kind of abuse is against Cybersmart's Acceptable Use Policy:

http://www.cybersmart.co.za/aup.doc



Regards,


Cybersmart Abuse


Log follows:
===========
Username: [email protected]
IP Adress: 41.177.xx.xxx
Start: 2010-10-10 xxx
Stop: 0000-00-00 xxx

---- Complaint received by Cybersmart ----

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Notice ID: 22-xxx
Notice Date: xxx

Cybersmart

Dear Sir or Madam:

BayTSP, Inc. ("BayTSP") swears under penalty of perjury that Paramount Pictures
Corporation/Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc. ("Paramount/Dreamworks") has
authorized BayTSP to act as its non-exclusive agent for copyright infringement
notification. BayTSP's search of the protocol listed below has detected
infringements of Paramount/Dreamworks' copyright interests on your IP addresses
as detailed in the below report.

BayTSP has reasonable good faith belief that use of the material in the manner
complained of in the below report is not authorized by Paramount/Dreamworks',
its agents, or the law. The information provided herein is accurate to the best
of our knowledge. Therefore, this letter is an official notification to effect
removal of the detected infringement listed in the below report. The Berne
Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Universal
Copyright Convention, as well as bilateral treaties with other countries allow
for protection of client's copyrighted work even beyond U.S. borders. The below
documentation specifies the exact location of the infringement.

We hereby request that you immediately remove or block access to the infringing
material, as specified in the copyright laws, and insure the user refrains from
using or sharing with others unauthorized Paramount/Dreamworks' materials in
the future.

Further, we believe that the entire Internet community benefits when these
matters are resolved cooperatively. We urge you to take immediate action to
stop this infringing activity and inform us of the results of your actions. We
appreciate your efforts toward this common goal.

Please respond indicating the actions you have taken to resolve this matter.
The provided link has been assigned to this matter.
http://webreply.baytsp.com/webreply...=22&commhash=9a561cd9860876f2ecbc2090551c8359

For email correspondence, please reference the above Notice ID in the subject
line.
mailto:p[email protected]?subject=RE%3A%20Notice%20ID%3A%2022%2D104492787%20Notice%20of%20Unauthorized%20Use%20of%20Paramount%20Pictures%20Corporation%2FDreamworks%20Animation%20SKG%2C%20Inc%2E%20Property

Nothing in this letter shall serve as a waiver of any rights or remedies of
Paramount/Dreamworks with respect to the alleged infringement, all of which are
expressly reserved. Should you need to contact me, I may be reached at the
below address.

Regards,

BayTSP Compliance

BayTSP, Inc.
PO Box 1314
Los Gatos, CA 95031

v: 408-341-2305
f: 408-341-2399
[email protected]

*pgp public key is available on the key server at http://pgp.mit.edu

Note: The information transmitted in this Notice is intended only for the
person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or
privileged material. Any review, reproduction, retransmission, dissemination or
other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by
persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you
received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from
all computers.

This infringement notice contains an XML tag that can be used to automate the
processing of this data. If you would like more information on how to use this
tag please contact BayTSP.

Evidentiary Information:

Notice ID: 22-xxx

Initial Infringement Timestamp: xxx

Recent Infringement Timestamp: xxx

Infringers IP Address: 41.177.xx.xxx

Protocol: BitTorrent

Infringed Work: How To Train Your Dragon

Infringing File Name: How To Train Your Dragon Wallpapers-umer24434-WTRG

Infringing File Size: 11190526

Bay ID: d79f6530622f6ea592cd947b35c682059e5e5c12|11190526

Port ID: xxx

Infringer's DNS Name:

Infringer's User Name:

- ---Start ACNS XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<Infringement xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.movielabs.com/ACNS
http://www.movielabs.com/ACNS/ACNS2v1.xsd"
xmlns="http://www.movielabs.com/ACNS"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Case>
<ID>22-104492787</ID>
<Status>Open</Status>
</Case>
<Complainant>
<Entity>BayTSP, Inc. on behalf of Paramount Pictures</Entity>
<Contact>Compliance Manager, Compliance Team</Contact>
<Address>P.O. Box 1314, Los Gatos, California 95031 United States of
America</Address>
<Phone>(408) 341-2300,(408) 341-2399</Phone>
<Email>[email protected]</Email>
</Complainant>
<Service_Provider>
<Entity>Cybersmart</Entity>
<Address></Address>
<Email>[email protected]</Email>
</Service_Provider>
<Source>
<TimeStamp>2010-10-10T13:27:19.000Z</TimeStamp>
<IP_Address>41.177.xx.xxx</IP_Address>
<Port>45947</Port>
<DNS_Name></DNS_Name>
<Type>BitTorrent</Type>
<UserName></UserName>
<Number_Files>1</Number_Files>
<Deja_Vu>No</Deja_Vu>
</Source>
<Content>
<Item>
<TimeStamp>2010-10-10T13:27:19.000Z</TimeStamp>
<Title>How To Train Your Dragon</Title>
<FileName>How To Train Your Dragon Wallpapers-umer24434-WTRG</FileName>
<FileSize>11190526</FileSize>
<URL>http://fr33dom.h33t.com:3310/announce</URL>
</Item>
</Content>
</Infringement>
- ---End ACNS XML
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Version: 8.0

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There is no need to get too worried.

Although, you might want to brace yourself for men dressed in combat garb and wearing gasmasks breaking through your window Resident Evil style.

Other than that, there's nothing to worry about.
 
Can't the mods sticky the article posted earlier this week/last week - How many of these threads do we need?
 
Hold on a sec? You got busted for wallpapers?

<Title>How To Train Your Dragon</Title>
<FileName>How To Train Your Dragon Wallpapers-umer24434-WTRG</FileName>
<FileSize>11190526</FileSize>
 
There is no need to get too worried.

Although, you might want to brace yourself for men dressed in combat garb and wearing gasmasks breaking through your window Resident Evil style.

Other than that, there's nothing to worry about.

You bets invest in a quality butt plug bud

:cry:

Hold on a sec? You got busted for wallpapers?

Yeah apparently wallpapers are illegal now aswell...
 
firstly, do a search on the forum.
secondly, get peerblock.
thirdly, stock up on some lube :D

Most of us have gotten similar emails. There was a article recently that explained what can happen to you.
 
firstly, do a search on the forum.
secondly, get peerblock.
thirdly, stock up on some lube :D

Most of us have gotten similar emails. There was a article recently that explained what can happen to you.

waayy too much junk to go through to find, I have peerblock, lube in hand. ;)

Yeah apparently it's against South African law to check what we are downloading ect?
 
ROFL! they cracking down these days hey? :p
 
i never use peer block and i download from public sites, i so badly want one of these notices. so i can print it out and crap on it take a pic and send it to Paramount:(
 
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