Spam Pms With Links To Spyware/malware

[Sinful]

I just got one as well didnt want to open it..

Sent a PM to R31 Nismoid about it

Bloddy Spammers

[R31Nismoid]

Noooooo dont PM me... I get too many a day as it is!

Just post in the other thread about it next time (2-3 down from this one)

I'll ban each account as it comes through etc etc

Although - i think another Admin beat me to it this time, i cant see the account

Cheers!

[SCR48]

i received this twice on both SAU and on Boostcruising... Damn virus spam!

[Beer Baron]

yeah it's a bummer. but to give users some privacy even admins cannot access other users pm box or read or delete pms in there. so it's not easy to combat. common sense is the only weapon you have. so let's use that! if you get a pm from an 'administrator' that signed up 2 days ago, has no admin tag and sends you to a site that ends in .ru then I say think carefully before clicking. for those that don't know if you mouse over a link your browser will display the URL that you're going to in the bottom left corner of your browser window. so you can check without clicking it.

[R31Nismoid]

Also post up the account names

and we can take action best we cna for now

[icydude]

user brickerza

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/br...rza-m61986.html

.ru link in pm titled Weekend

[gotRICE?]

user brickerza

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/br...rza-m61986.html

.ru link in pm titled Weekend

x2. I got that one too.

I was smart enough to notice the '0' post count, so just deleted it.

Its wierd, this is the only forum i have ever been on that suffers from this amount of spam!

[Stephen Thorpe]

Got a PM from Brickerza last night that was titled "Weekend".

Inside it suggests that I should click on a link with the words "Do it now!" which was underlined.

Of course I didn't do this...

This would have taken me to "http://iefa.ru/"

Do we need to ban this User?

[sh@un]

i wish i was a super leet hacker

i'd make it todays mission to make brickerza's life a misery

[Phatboy]

Surely there should be a way to implement a general limit on the number of PMs forum users can send per day, especially those with 0 or very few posts.

I think 20 PMs/day would be more than enough for everyone but mods/admins.

[Munkyb0y]

Got a PM from Brickerza last night that was titled "Weekend".

Inside it suggests that I should click on a link with the words "Do it now!" which was underlined.

Of course I didn't do this...

This would have taken me to "http://iefa.ru/"

Do we need to ban this User?

i got the same msg. i immediately thought of how many noobs will be clicking the link. not very good.

[BKC34]

i got the message too, thought hmm better check new posts, and look what i find haha, i knew it was a bit sus lol

[a20089]

Ban Ban Ban NOW!!!

[LotusGTR]

I got it too. Clearly up to no good. Joined 21.4 with 0 posts. Ban FTW.

[sneki81]

the person/people sending these pm's are a pain in the arse.

its not only this forum that its happening on. im also a member on bc and its happening regulary over there aswell.

[Proximity Motorsport]

i also got this one this morning. BC is a very bad culprit for this lately, ive had 3 in the last week!!! ban him!!!!

[Agbeard]

Got a PM from Brickerza last night that was titled "Weekend".

Inside it suggests that I should click on a link with the words "Do it now!" which was underlined.

Of course I didn't do this...

This would have taken me to "http://iefa.ru/"

Do we need to ban this User?

I just got one too with the same link.  It's undoubtedly a malware site that will install some horrible rubbish on your computer by merely visiting it.  I didn't click it either.

Edited April 24, 2009 by Agbeard

[Stephen Thorpe]

BC what's this?

but yes... BAN Brickerza

[heller44]

same same.

How about a report user button in the pm section, or a way to forward the offending pm to a mod? Just an idea..

[Sicarius123]

Time to upgrade the anti bot join page.