IMPORTANT: HACKERS ON LJ
Taken from eatwe . Thanks!
As most of you have probably been told already, there is a group of people going around LiveJournal, hacking larger communities through their moderators journal. Once they've hacked a community, they make a post saying that the community is closing. They include several of links in this post, which all contain a virus. Do not press these links, whatever you do!
To see an example of this kind of post from a recently hacked community, please go here.
I'm going to direct you to a couple of posts which can help you understand better..
As most of you have probably been told already, there is a group of people going around LiveJournal, hacking larger communities through their moderators journal. Once they've hacked a community, they make a post saying that the community is closing. They include several of links in this post, which all contain a virus. Do not press these links, whatever you do!
To see an example of this kind of post from a recently hacked community, please go here.
I'm going to direct you to a couple of posts which can help you understand better..
- How not to become the next hacker victim at acari
- How to protect yourself from low tech fairly ingenious hackers at copperbadge
If you see any suspicious posts on this community or another.. - Don't click any strange links as they're there to spread a virus.
- Please report the post to LiveJournal immediatelly.
- Contact the moderators of the community.
To prevent your journal from being hacked, this is what you can do.. - Email Management - Clear out all unactive email adresses.
- Change Password - Make the password difficult to figure out and don't base it on your username.
- Secret Question - Add one that you can answer if you forget your password.
- Malware Bytes (PC)
/ ClamXav (Mac)
- Scan your computer for viruses and malware.
If you see this kind of post in this community it's most definitely not me talking. Please report the post and contact me ASAP. Thank you!