A strange PM

[Raida|23]

Just received a strange PM from this user, LadyAdministrator. Spam as I think? Or what else?

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

Strange how? What was it?

 

[unmei]

if it's anything like the one I got, this is it. [HIDE]

Dear, x6tence;xym;Niko;hyperblade312;unmei!

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://antivirus.effectmeds.com/x6tence;xym;Niko;hyperblade312;unmei
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Sincerely, Forum Administration forums.henshinjustice.net.

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[Skiks]

Just don't click the link and you should be fine.

 

[unmei]

Just don't click the link and you should be fine.

that much is obvious, the issue itself is more so the spambots.

 

[DarkRangerSilver]

Hey, I got one of those too.
I just deleted it.

 

[Skinwalker]

Got the same, but by the time I got it it said the bot was banned already.

I know on some other forums I go to they managed to keep the spambots and non-bot spammers out by adding a simple question, maybe HJU could do that?
On some forums just having something like 'what's 2+2" used to work, dunno if that's still the case, some choose a more relevant question, maybe something like "what colour ranger was Tommy in the original MMPR first series")...
Then again I registered a while ago so maybe you already have something like that

 

[Punk]

I got one too. I thought it was real honestly until I noticed Lady Administrator...I knew it wasn't Keith...Hopefully :laugh:

 

[Raida|23]

if it's anything like the one I got, this is it.

Yes, that's it.

Just don't click the link and you should be fine.

Thank you for your wise advice, but the problem is the spambots, not that I'm so stupid to click the link. Anyway, I'm sure that your advice will be useful for someone

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

Already banned. I checked the account after I posted in here and sure enough it was a spammer.