Just a word to be extra careful with the spate of "DVD conversion software" spam posts appearing on the forum.
I've just removed a very professional looking ad which linked straight to malware and not to a commercial site or commercial software.
I don't know if this is a first generally, but it's a first for me.
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DVD spam post containing malware
Started by DennisD, Aug 19 2008 12:57 PM
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Posted 19 August 2008 - 12:57 PM
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Posted 19 August 2008 - 01:35 PM
There was a similar one deleted this morning which Yokenny had reported.
As Dennis says please be careful everyone. One sure sign is they are usually posted by someone who has only made one post and not a regular.
As Dennis says please be careful everyone. One sure sign is they are usually posted by someone who has only made one post and not a regular.
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Posted 19 August 2008 - 02:04 PM
hazelnut, on Aug 19 2008, 07:35 AM, said:
There was a similar one deleted this morning which Yokenny had reported.
As Dennis says please be careful everyone. One sure sign is they are usually posted by someone who has only made one post and not a regular.
As Dennis says please be careful everyone. One sure sign is they are usually posted by someone who has only made one post and not a regular.
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Posted 19 August 2008 - 03:58 PM
Andavari, on Aug 19 2008, 10:04 AM, said:
Probably some group that's doing it, or one person that needs a life because they're all in the same damned format.
I haven't seen them on hpHosts forum yet but I bet Steven Burn ( MysteryFCM ) will come up with some suitable punishment for them if they do appear there.
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Posted 19 August 2008 - 11:14 PM
YoKenny, on Aug 19 2008, 09:58 AM, said:
I haven't seen them on hpHosts forum yet but I bet Steven Burn ( MysteryFCM ) will come up with some suitable punishment for them if they do appear there.
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 09:25 AM
I don't know about banning techniques so sorry if I'm way off, but is banning by MAC address an option? Probably more useless than IP banning if it is. Dialuppers would be immune I think. Does the MAC address ever even get passed?
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Posted 21 August 2008 - 09:45 AM
Talldog9, on Aug 21 2008, 05:25 AM, said:
I don't know about banning techniques so sorry if I'm way off, but is banning by MAC address an option? Probably more useless than IP banning if it is. Dialuppers would be immune I think. Does the MAC address ever even get passed?
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