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Latest Phishing News 26/07/2024

Latest Phishing News 26/07/2024  We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response Email 1: V...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Latest Phishing News 25/07/2024

Latest Phishing News 25/07/2024  We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response Email 1:Su...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Websafe / Childsafe issues - F011306655: UPDATE: RESOLVED

Hello, We're aware that some of you may be experiencing Websafe / Childsafe problems and that it's not working as expected despite switching the settings on and off. We're sorry for the inconvenience caused and we hope to get it resolved as quickly a...

ModTeam by Moderator
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Web sites blocked by court order

Here is an updated list of all the web sites that have been blocked on our network, as they’ve been found to be infringing copyright or trademark. As a responsible ISP we obey court orders addressed to the company.   Movie2k-Movie4k download4allEZT...

Pete_DM by Moderator
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Latest Phishing News 28/09/2023

Latest Phishing News 28/09/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response   Email 1 V...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Resolved! Text scam or genuine?

Hi I did speak to Virgin Mobile today. Still surprised though to receive this text from a mobile, but I did  respond assuming it was genuine.. However, afterwards did an online check of the number, and found on google people say it was a scam. Would ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Latest Phishing News 27/09/2023

Latest Phishing News 27/09/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response   Email 1 V...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Child safe mode automatically enabled and cannot be disabled

Hi, I’ve come back from holiday to find (eventually) child safe mode has been enabled. My account shows it as off already; I tried turning child safe on & off, but this gets an error ‘unable to save change’. I’ve tried both the website and the app, &...

sjh64 by Joining in
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Latest Phishing News 25/09/2023

Latest Phishing News 25/09/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response   Email 1 V...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Smishing?

Hi, the other day I got a text which looks very suspicious as it came from a mobile number and has numerous spelling errors and broken grammar. I didn't reply, but please let me know whether to report it to my network.  Hi <my name> it's abid from vi...

the_jez by On our wavelength
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Do VM filter RFC 1918 IP addresses from DNS query results?

I'm debugging a DNS problem I see on my parents' internet connection which is a residential Virgin Media connection.I find that when I query the DNS for a record that I expect will include an RFC 1918 address in its results then the query times out. ...

yrro by Tuning in
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Latest Phishing News 22/09/2023

Latest Phishing News 22/09/2023 We have been informed about phishing emails that contains the content copied below. They were NOT sent by Virgin Media and should not be responded to. Do NOT visit the link included in the mails or response Email 1 Vir...

Int-Sec by Moderator
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Changeover calls genuine?

I keep getting phone calls about the changeover from a foreign speaking lady. I have already been notified by email that change over will be November. are these phone calls genuine as I don’t continue the call as I am worried about being scammed     ...