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 Post subject: !!! DON'T CLICK LINKS IN PMs OR POSTS FROM UNKOWN USERS !!!
PostPosted: May 17th, 2009, 4:24 pm 
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I work in computer security, and I just received a message in my SA mail from this user, with the text:
"it seems very interesting information.."

The text is actually a url that goes to a well known Russian malware site "megl.ru".
If anyone that received that msg and is running Windows has clicked on this link, there's a very good chance that your computer is infected with all sorts of nastiness. It probably wouldn't even matter if your anti-virus software is up to date, that's how bad this one is.

Can this user be banned ASAP? If the SA admins have the ability, I'd recommend that all msgs from this user be deleted as soon as possible

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 Post subject: WARNING! Do not click on links in PMs from unknown users
PostPosted: May 17th, 2009, 5:46 pm 
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Consider them banned. I'm on it immediately.

Be cautious of any PMs from users you don't know with unusual URL links. Report them immediately to an admin or an SVS here in the forum.

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 Post subject: Re: WARNING! Do not click on links in PMs from unknown users
PostPosted: May 17th, 2009, 7:33 pm 
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It's a good policy to NEVER click on ANY link in a message you didn't specifically look up or ask for, especially if it came in a mail/message from someone you don't know.

I'm just sayin'.

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 Post subject: Re: WARNING! Do not click on links in PMs from unknown users
PostPosted: May 18th, 2009, 12:47 am 
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Yes, we get spammers here, sorry.

If someone with a relatively low post count posts a topic about how to get it on with horses or something else not related to SAM or the Internet radio broadcasting solution then do not click on any links!
Posts or PMs titled "Jewelry and Luxury Watches" or "generic for doryx Bactroban use in" or "dorm webcam stripping" are not SAM related.
If you click on these posts then be prepared for the worst.

We can slow these forums down by manually approving every account and every topic and every reply but we don't have the resources for this and you definitely don't have the patience.

We patrol these forums often and do the best we can but we aren't here 24/7.
Use common sense.

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