I just received a PM from a RazzorrMan who has no previous posting history, that my computer is infected with viruses. He left me a link to another site to remove the infestation. Moderators, what's going on?
Yup, got this one too.
people if you get it please don't click the link
Yeah, I got one too.. I reported that one and another PM I got because getting a virus report from a complete stranger on a forum is pretty much a red flag that it's a bot or whatever idiots have been plaguing the internet like cockroaches in the last few weeks.
It's just best to ignore random PMs that ask you to click a blind link with no history whatsoever on this board.
- CQ
That's pretty much it. That guy was a spammer and we've banned the account, but forum bots and other crudbucket types have been very active lately. The common sense advice above is the way to go here - don't click on unsolicited links sent by random people.
Yep, and DEFINITELY report these guys if you get such a message.
and floss twice daily!
Guy was a newbie that is first red flag. He would have no way of knowing if there is a virus on your computer. But if you clicked on that link I would run a full scan to make sure you did not get one. :rickbm
Got one too from a randyripoff@gmail.com :angry:
damn i'm a such a morron... i'm not used to reading my pm, and since the last pm i got was from tomato i though that the virus warning was from him and clicked without second though.
bam! avast warns me that there's a virus on the website...i google it's name (system security for those who havent't clicked) and firt response: it's a fraudulent website, installing a virus and asking for you credit card number.
so keep away. and thanks avast...i really though i had 500+ trojan on my computer, so i spend half my night scanning only to find that it was a scam ^^ (well i did have one spyware, so that scan wasn't a complete waste of time)
Got the pm as well. But never saw it on here. Mods must have got to him. Bit strange on the claim of the randy gmal one
Quartermaz must have it forwarded to his email, that is whom the messages are sent to the email from. I thought the same thing at first.
We have taken care of GafarozzMan and several others from his IP range.
Um... I got one AND clicked the link... am I infected now? I closed the site almost instantly.
The site said, "This is a known attack site and has been blocked" so does that mean I was rescued from my stupidity?
If you were browsing with Firefox (I don't know about the others), it sounds like Google's Safe Browsing extension caught the site before you actually went there (that's what happens in Firefox if you have the "Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site" box checked in the Tools --> Options --> Security tab.
That means you probably went uninfected (since you never got to the spammer site), but running a virus scan is seldom a bad idea.
I got the message too from GaffarozzMan. Like an idiot, I clicked the link, but FireFox blocked it. I'm running a scan now just in case.
You have just been sent a personal message by Cliffinzz on Freedom Reborn.
IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.
The message they sent you was:
Dear, jaws!
There are viruses' activities from your computer! Highly recommend you to scan your computer for malicious and potentially unwanted software. If you do not follow this, I will have to make a complaint to your Internet Service Provider with attached log file (your IP address, etc.). If you want to find a report about your computer's security and solve every problem with it, please click here:
http://www.total-scan.com/detected/jaws (http://www.google.com/search?q=total-scan.net+remove)
This is an online service that you can use for free spyware removal. Use it to scan your computer to help protect, clean, and keep your computer running at its best. Use the free scan to check for and remove viruses, spyware, and other potentially malicious software and to find vulnerabilities or shortcomings in your Internet security.
Thank you. Yours truly, Cliff Edwards.
Reply to this Personal Message here: http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=266567;quote;u=6109
Quote from: jaws on February 14, 2010, 07:43:19 PM
You have just been sent a personal message by Cliffinzz on Freedom Reborn.
IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.
The message they sent you was:
Dear, jaws!
Edited: Blah Blah Blah....etc
Thank you. Yours truly, Cliff Edwards.
Reply to this Personal Message here: http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=266567;quote;u=6109
Uhm Jaws... didn't we just just spend this entire thread warning people away from that site and you just reposted the entire PM and once again have that link available for people to accidently click on and end up on that infected site. Please edit the links so they are useless.. please.. eep.. :blink:
- CQ
Thanks for the notes about Cliffinzz. He should trouble us no more.
[BTW, I have edited the spam link in the earlier post.]