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ModeratorTeam https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2903

This person sent me spam by private message, and I quote:
ModeratorTeam wrote:
Dear, JazHaz!

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: http://security-tool2010.com/JazHaz
If you do not pass this test we will have to delete your account and forward a complaint to your Internet provider.
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Post by Chaky »

You're not alone.

I bet everyone got that same PM.
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Oh damn, a scareware artist. :evil: I'll bet if you visited the site in the link, some activeX or javascript boobytrap would be sprung and your poor windows machine gets pwned by a botnet or backdoor virus.

Please, kill ModeratorTeam now!!
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Post by Chaky »

I did recieve same PM on some other forum and was bold enough to click on the link... (I think I did it from within VirtualPC)
The link was bogus.
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Post by Cmdr Wyvern »

There's a huge amount of hits on Stop Forum Spam for ModeratorTeam, with a lot of different IPs and email addys.
I suspect this is a botnet herder using scareware tactics in forum PM spams to grow his zombie army, through his zombies no less.

Interestingly, SFS was unreachable for several hours today, most likely via a DDoS attack. The money says it was this botnet behind it.
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Post by Chrisfs »

I got this as well, and was worried for a sec, and then I realized
'Hey, wait a minute I'm running Ubuntu now, this can't possibly be real'.

:D
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Chrisfs wrote:
I got this as well, and was worried for a sec, and then I realized
'Hey, wait a minute I'm running Ubuntu now, this can't possibly be real'.

:D
Same here (on my main machine) - although this machine happens to be a Vista machine at the moment because it's my work laptop...
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re: ModeratorTeam's message:

My 1st thought was: "WHAT?!?"

Then, reading through the message, it looked suspicious. No real forum/site admin/moderator would send this kind of reguests (click on this link!?!), and even if the reguest was genuine, sender would be the admin/moderator as themselves.

Glad I checked another_commander's announcement first...

EDIT: Another weird thing was that I got an e-mail notification of this message, but I have the notification turned off in my profile...
Weirdness 2: the notification e-mail (from: [email protected]) came to my work e-mail, which is different from the gmail account I used when registering here!
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Beausmaf: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2904

spam site in website link
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https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2904

"Hummannic" ID'd as a spammer on SFS (despite semi believable occupation and interests still set off my spammy-sense)

http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=h ... webhop.biz
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Confirmed. Spammer's post deleted.
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The spammy sense went off on this guy.
SFS hits for SecuredOne
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johnylod: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2906

Loads of recent registrations, plus an odd link. I could be wrong but it all feels spammy to me ...
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melmtietCus: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2907

Another Sunday spammer.

(Edit: and Diziet's target, thientina: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2893 , is still alive.)
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