Equilism email

[Democratic Donkeys]

I received this today, and if you're a member of the equilism board then maybe you have too. I know that there are still some people that blindly click on links, and this is for them. Don't ever click on a link that ends .exe as it is an executable file and is a virus. This is pretty amatuer considering the person sending this could have hyperlinked it www.innocentlink.com like so. Basically I never click on links from anyone. Keep your firewalls up to date and all that jazz. Also block that person from sending you email.

 

[north harmoneia]

Gee, thanks DD.

 

[Democratic Donkeys]

Sarcasm doesn't usually translate well over the internet. I know of at least one person on the equilism forum who did click on it, so people should be warned.

 

[north harmoneia]

oh, I'm not being sarcastic, in fact, I rarely am.

 

[Democratic Donkeys]

*Democratic Donkeys inserts foot in mouth.

 

[Digitalis]

I got this too... I wonder if it was scripted, or if it was from the Admin panel.

 

[Democratic Donkeys]

From what i've read other places it's scripted

 

[Digitalis]

From what i've read other places it's scripted

Interesting...

*scampers away to find out if that works*

 

[Hersfold]

*Hersfold slaps Digit on wrist

Bad computer geek, bad!

 

[Democratic Donkeys]

Looks like whoever is responsible has taken over the equilism site. People who try to get there get redirected to http://elendil.securewebz.com/suspended.page/?

elendil.securewebz.com is where my email header led me. Someone really doesn't like Equilism.

 

[north harmoneia]

I got another e-mail, it said something like, it was because of something regarding server problems

 

[Flemingovia]

was it ever determined whether this was a random attack on the forum, or whether it was targetted at Equilism the NS region?

 

[Democratic Donkeys]

I think it was a specific attack.

 

[north harmoneia]

I don't think so.

This wasn't someone attempting to destroy the forum Ryan, it was an attack by a SPAMer who was trying to get another place to infect uses with his trojans that are known to be used to download Spyware and Harvest Emails. This Particular Torjan is linked closely with many of the about:blank exploit Spyware Programs.

 

[Democratic Donkeys]

Maybe not then.

 

[north harmoneia]

 

[Democratic Donkeys]

Come to think of it I have been getting a lot more spam mail recently...