Do NOT click on suspicious links.
We just had a newly created account post in two old threads and their posts had nothing to do with the subject of the threads. All the posts said was:
"popular video *link* download on your phone"
So I´m giving this heads-up so you can avoid getting malicious stuff on your computer or phone like trojans, ransomware, keylogger, you name it...
- Do NOT click on suspicious links.
- Do NOT download stuff from people you don´t know.
It seems he´s been doing this on many websites recently and russian letters pop up in the search results. Russian letters was also displayed on this forum.
So if anyone managed to click the link before I deleted the posts I highly recommend you thoroughly check your device for malicious content.
I sent him a pm asking not to post things that didnt belong there.
I would have just banned him. It was intentional.
Again we´ve had spambots create new accounts to make posts with links in them. So here´s a bump to remind you all not to click on suspicious links.
Based on what we´ve seen so far, do NOT click on a link if:
- The post has nothing to do with UO or anything related to the specific thread
- The account is newly created
- The account has made only one post
- The post is in russian
When I had SP.net spambots would find their way there occasionally. I'm not tech savvy but I went into the database a few times and banned a whole range of IPs these bots were coming from, say a hundred IPs before and after. Eventually they stopped. I remember telling this to Hoffs years ago when the same thing happened on these forums but he didn't know how to access the database. It's probably a lot more sophisticated these days but worth trying if you haven't already?
*nods*
Worth looking into I suppose.
Thanks, Shalimar!