Anyone else receive this email from Blizzard?

World of Warcraft: The Cataclysm Beta

You have been selected to participate in the alpha test of World of Warcraft®: The Cataclysm. Welcome!
 

It's usually a keylogger, I'd run a Spybot Search&Destroy scan ASAP then change account details if I were you.

what was the email address?

Originally posted by SgtFrog

what was the email address?

This, and be sure to check the actual destination of links. A real link can be easily masked behind the fake wow-europe.com link.

The ingame system message on logon warns of this and similer scams.

Chances are if they have your email, then your security is already compromised in some way. You need to immediately disinfect your computer and change all personal details on your WoW account.

You should also send a message to Blizz detailing exactly what's happened and what steps you are taking, so that can flag your account for additional monitering and reccommend further action.

As I've pointed out, they already have your email address, it's reasonable to assume they may already have more, you should be viewing this as a very serious security threat.

It's a phish. Report it to Blizzard and run a spyware/bot removing program. If you haven't clicked anything in the email, gone to any of the websites mentioned in it, you should be ok but run an anti virus and bot program anyway.

The email was sent from:    thecataclysmbeta@blizzard.com

This is the whole email:

World of Warcraft: The Cataclysm Beta

You have been selected to participate in the alpha test of World of Warcraft®: The Cataclysm. Welcome!

In the alpha test you'll get an opportunity to test the first zones of the new The Cataclysm zone, and the new levels above 80. We look forward to your feedback on the overall experience, including quests, monsters, zones, aesthetics, and more. We would also appreciate reports on any bugs you may encounter. These can be logged using the /bug command explained below.

Getting started:

In order to participate in the alpha test, you must upgrade an existing retail account that has been upgraded with the Wrath of the Lich King®, allowing you to connect to the The Cataclysm alphaT test realms. The World of Warcraft®: the Wrath of the Lich King® game client that you use must be patched up to version 3.1.2 or later in order to install the alpha test client.

To begin please visit the World of Warcraft®: The Cataclysm website here:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysmalpha/

Please be prepared to enter the current retail World of Warcraft account name and password you use, and the appropriate information to authenticate your eligibility to connect to the The Cataclysm alpha test realms. To participate in the beta tests, you must have a valid retail World of Warcraft account active and in good standing as of March, 1st 2009.

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Sending us feedback:

Typing /bug in chat will open an error reporting interface, and we encourage you to use it any time you encounter a problem or want to send us a suggestion.

Troubleshooting:

If you experience any difficulties installing the alpha game client, or have problems connecting to the test realms, please contact Technical Support either by posting on the appropriate forum at World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Please remember that this software is still undergoing development, so any in-game issues should be reported using the /bug feature
 

I got 1 of them and havnt even played the game for over a year. I hardly even played then game 2.

Do a scan fast because it looks like the standard keylogger form that affected many players on WoW forums as well.

Why would it state WoW Cataclism Beta then start talking about Alpha testing?

 http://safeweb.norton.com/  mm test the link you got with this it should tell you if its dangerous or whatsnot

Originally posted by drbaltazar

 http://safeweb.norton.com/  mm test the link you got with this it should tell you if its dangerous or whatsnot

The link is probably something like this http://www.google.com because this is the main method of phishing. Script Kiddy, but effective, so I'd still do a Spybot Search&Destroy scan fast.

Originally posted by drbaltazar

 http://safeweb.norton.com/  mm test the link you got with this it should tell you if its dangerous or whatsnot

Looks like it's a safe site, but that's all but

Found this on Youtube.  Maybe it is for real?

LINK

LINK

Originally posted by outfctrl

Originally posted by drbaltazar

 http://safeweb.norton.com/  mm test the link you got with this it should tell you if its dangerous or whatsnot

Looks like it's a safe site, but that's all

http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthecataclysmalphasignup.110mb.com%2F&x=9&y=6

Trust me, it's not safe. Even if it doesn't have a keylogger, then it will at least e-mail your account details to account stealers. Also, do you really think Blizzard can't afford a domain and must resort to free hosting domains? Nah.

yeah its a phish scam, i moused over link. its different link from the actual link it states. so dont click on the link, just promptly delete your email, and run anti virus and adware.

Alphas are always internal testing or friends and family of the employees, regular players will NEVER be invited to alpha tests.

Blizzard will ofc have an invite only beta without a NDA (as it should be for all mmos) in the future but they will publicly announce it.

Any kind of Beta for cata is atleast 6 months away.. we got Starcraft 2 beta first.. YUMMIE!!!

 mm dont know send a ticket to a gm in wow and ask they ll help 

norton is one way but its fairly new and hacker change faster then norton if its not there be on the caution side and call blizzard

or comunicate with them first you dont want to end up with your info on the web then you got to buy all 3 again 

It is not real.  Never ever ever ever click a link in any of those "official" looking emails.  They look real good, but treat every single email as a virus.  Never click, no matter how well versed you think you are with computers.  Do not do it.

If you simply have to know then just call blizzard. 

However, Blizzard has already said in the news when you log into the game that they are not sending out emails with alpha access.

Not that they would invite random people to alpha testing.  The first phase of beta you could hope to get into is friends/family and that has not started yet or I would already be testing. 

Originally posted by Daffid011

It is not real.  Never ever ever ever click a link in any of those "official" looking emails.  They look real good, but treat every single email as a virus.  Never click, no matter how well versed you think you are with computers.  Do not do it.

If you simply have to know then just call blizzard. 

 

However, Blizzard has already said in the news when you log into the game that they are not sending out emails with alpha access.

 

Not that they would invite random people to alpha testing.  The first phase of beta you could hope to get into is friends/family and that has not started yet or I would already be testing. 

 

 

I think they are pretty script kiddish and you don't need more than a good antivirus/firewall program+possibly NoScript to click them without problems. The thing is, there are many new WoW players who aren't familiar with how internetz works(and that's pretty normal), making WoW a huge target for our buddies over here.
I mean, most non-experienced players would get really happy when they'd see those Youtube videos with flashy Cataclysm scenes.