Illegal activity on internet e-mail recieved. I suspect it's fake...?

Question

I have recieved this e-mail recently. I think it's fake because I went to the screen where MSN checks the attachments for viruses and it said that it had a virus.

Dear User!

Your recent internet activity was logged on the following sites:

Btjunkie

SumoTorrent

isoHunt

Btscene

Mininova

Fenopy

Monova

Yotoshi

GetInvites

Btmon

We have attached a report about the copyrighted movies, music, softwares you downloaded or searched on these webpages. We strongly advise you to stop any future activities regarding the downloading of illegal content or you can expect prosecution by 17 U.S.C. §§ 512, 1201§1205, 1301§1332; 28 U.S.C. § 4001 laws.

Sincerely,

MediaDefender Inc.

Answer 1

if it says it has a virus it does,its malware which can bug ur computer pretty bad......they dont warn u if ur pirating music or movies,they just show up at ur doorstep.

Answer 2

This isn't fake.  MediaDefender Inc. is the research arm of the RIAA (which has been filing lawsuits against people for downloading).  Also, those are indeed valid US statutes pertaining to copyright, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, etc.  

PS - If this is fake (especially since you mentioned the attachment was a virus) it sure is meant to scare people.  Try and trace where the message originated.  Good luck.

Answer 3

Ashkansoccerpro, dont worry!! Indeed it is a virus spreading through spam!!!

http://ibneko.livejournal.com/770759.htm...

Answer 4

I would NOT open the bogus report

check with SiteAdvisor

http://www.siteadvisor.com/

Read about them HERE:  http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-em...

MediaDefender, Inc.

MAILING ADDRESS:

2461 Santa Monica Blvd., D-520

Santa Monica, CA 90404

PHONE: [phone]

FAX: [phone]

EMAIL

Sales, Business Development, Partnerships

sales(at)mediadefender.com

General Info

info(at)mediadefender.com

Jobs

jobs(at)mediadefender.com

Answer 5

It looks like it says something about a virus? Is that an advertisement, or something from your mail provider?

If you haven't visited those sites (or torrent aggregator's) and used your actual email address, I wouldn't worry too much (especially if there was a virus attached to the message)

FAIR WARNING: If you've been downloading and sharing copyrighted works over those (or any other) sites, then you may have reason to worry, and you should cease and desist for your own good.