Spammers are using scare-tactics threatening recipients with interrupted Internet connectivity or legal action to entice users to open a malicious attachment. Of course you should not open it.
Screenshots: http://blog.trendmicro.com/
The spam pretends to be from MediaDefender, a controversial company offering services to prevent alleged copyright infringement using peer-to-peer (P2P) distribution.
As many people do use P2P to download illegal files, they may be aware of MediaDefender, and receiving such fake emails could cause an “OMGZ Busted” reaction causing them to click and get infected.
Revision3, an Internet television network, requested assistance from the FBI in May 2008 to investigate a denial of service attack. Revision3 blamed MediaDefender for the Ddos.
