Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up about a new spammer tactic. There are spammers sending PM spam under names such as "Lady_Admin", apparently trying to pass themselves off as site administrators. They claim that they have detected a virus on your computer, and try to get you to click on some sort of link, which is almost certainly something dangerous.
They've tried it twice here on CS, and also Fratching. However, since new users can not send PMs, and their posts are moderated, they weren't able to do anything. But you might encounter this on other forums. Here is a copy of one such message. I've altered the link so no one accidentally clicks on it. I don't know what it does exactly, and I'm not about to try it and find out.
Dear, nealparry!
A virus alert was noticed on your computer.
We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately: hxxp: //antivirus.effectmeds.com/nealparry
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Sincerely, Forum Administration www.vbadvanced.com.
They've tried it twice here on CS, and also Fratching. However, since new users can not send PMs, and their posts are moderated, they weren't able to do anything. But you might encounter this on other forums. Here is a copy of one such message. I've altered the link so no one accidentally clicks on it. I don't know what it does exactly, and I'm not about to try it and find out.
Dear, nealparry!
A virus alert was noticed on your computer.
We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately: hxxp: //antivirus.effectmeds.com/nealparry
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Sincerely, Forum Administration www.vbadvanced.com.
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