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02-11-2010, 02:02 PM
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Re: Spam
I have a copy of Advanced IP Ban Manager for vBulletin 3.6/3.7/3.8. It can be implemented fairly painlessly but the instructions say that its heavily recommended to do a db backup. I'm an admin, but i dont have file system access to check and see if there is filespace to make the backup. Me and Yannick being a few timezones away doesnt help communication.
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02-11-2010, 03:06 PM
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Re: Spam
Um, I just got a PM from some "RootModeratorX" or something like that saying he is an administrator here. He said I have a virus and that I should click on the URL given to have a system check. Before this, I saw a message that said "Would you like a reader receipt?". I clicked yes on the reader receipt. I reread the message and was hesitant on clicking on the URL given, and then I looked at the name of the person sending the PM and saw that he is banned (said so under his name).
So I suspect he is trying to spread viruses, or at the least, promote a virus scan site. I didn't click on the URL. Is there a problem with clicking yes on the reader receipt? Is that something to be suspicious of (I'm fearing the worst, like it slipped in a trojan my anti-virus software didn't catch)? Or does clicking yes on the message that popped up mean nothing bad? My anti-virus software is good (Avast). |
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02-11-2010, 11:35 PM
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Re: Spam
um.. about 2 or 3 am last night my computer was hijacked by malware, specifically Spywareguard 2008. I really have no idea where I got it. It was a work computer so I was behind some fairly substantial layers of proxies and firewalls. Not to mention the fact that my being at work meant I was not indulging in any gentlemanly proclivities. (my little pony cos-play porn yay!) What I did just do however is go through my private messages on this site.
The first thing that happened was fire fox hanged and the adobe reader helper process crashed. Took 3 hours of safe mode quarantining with various tools to eradicated it. just an fyi
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