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jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:52 am

BEWARE post by motardup0 contain virus BEWARE

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:21 am

In Knife Display Ideas post ??

I did not down load but I did click on the first link.
Did I get it that way ?

I ran my Avast scan 2 times did not find anything.

Roger - 50/2050 · Post by **Roger - 50/2050** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:16 am

Hey Boys,

I saw this post ---->aaliyah raped movie ....Is this the post your talking about johnnie, if so I didn't even bother with it?

"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050

PA Knives · Post by **PA Knives** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:27 am

HI!

I have deleted that post.

Sorry I didn't catch it sooner. I am sure Bryan will investigate any misuse and correct it. Thanks gang for the heads up

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:58 pm

You should be fine as long as you don't click and download something on the site where the link directed you.

We get these spammers from time to time. Most of them post the URL's to improve their website's search engine ranking and of course to direct more traffic to these sites...

They are like fleas. I got rid of that one. I'm sure there will be another before long

I do my best to catch them asap

Looking into upgrading forum software soon that might make the job easier.

Bryan

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:16 pm

Beware of new members with just a link, I removed one last week. Guess I should of warned Bryan, it sounds like the same one.

I'll PM Bryan, I have a couple ideas that may help.

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:18 pm

yeah, quite a few link to crap, drugs or gambling sites.

9ball · Post by **9ball** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:29 pm

You can copy that link and (PM)send it back to them. Put's a whole new meaning to "What goes around, Comes around."

The ones I have picked up here have been Trojans. It starts off trying to sell you some kind of software to remove the crap they planted on your machine. "WinSong 2006" or something like that.

I have also found it is best not to publish your email address on the web. It makes scammers alot easier to find you. At least put the word 'dot' in there.
Unless, you are a fan of BustedUpCowGirl and are just fishing.

If you play their game, Play to win.

9ball

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:07 pm

OK... I think I have this problem solved. I just implemented a program that keeps new member accounts inactive until I approve them...

With this in place, no one new can post until their account is manually activated after a quick email / ip check etc...

I hate to do this, but for now... it's all I know to do.

These pests have been quite persistant lately.

Bryan

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:18 pm

yea brian!

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:18 pm

9ball wrote:You can copy that link and (PM)send it back to them. Put's a whole new meaning to "What goes around, Comes around."

The ones I have picked up here have been Trojans. It starts off trying to sell you some kind of software to remove the crap they planted on your machine. "WinSong 2006" or something like that.

I have also found it is best not to publish your email address on the web. It makes scammers alot easier to find you. At least put the word 'dot' in there.
Unless, you are a fan of BustedUpCowGirl and are just fishing.

If you play their game, Play to win.

9ball

Thanks for the reminder 9ball

I can't believe I forgot that about the email address

So, away it goes.
I remember when I worked at HP, a buddy I know took all the spammers email addresses that a few of us had in our inboxes and took a new server for a test drive with a trojan he wrote. Lets just say a few hundred spammers had their server's reconfigured in another language also. He got about 75% of the ones he targeted. The guy was a genius and left to go back east somewhere and formed his own network secuity company. He was just to smart to waste his talent at HP.