Comments | trenchcoatedson: a warning

trenchcoatedson

a warning

Mar 07, 2009 12:11

IMPORTANT

Just so every one knows- there's some malware going around, that makes a post to a community that looks like a mod post, saying the community is being deleted, and then deletes all the community's entries. If you see a post like this, report it and DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS ON THE POST. They lead to dangerous malware that will ( Read more... )

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ace_of_spades6 March 7 2009, 18:28:15 UTC

YOU ARE AMAZING BTW

trenchcoatedson March 7 2009, 18:30:47 UTC

THANK YOU I THINK?

ace_of_spades6 March 7 2009, 18:35:15 UTC

LOL YES YOU ARE WELCOME.

trenchcoatedson March 7 2009, 18:37:02 UTC

SORRY I SUCK AT RECEIVING COMPLIMENTS

YOU'RE AMAZING TOO!

THAT IS MY COMPLIMENT FOR THE DAY

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invader_julie March 7 2009, 18:35:03 UTC

Yea, I've seen the Russian bot before, but I haven't seen the malware one .. thanks for letting us know. D:

trenchcoatedson March 7 2009, 18:38:05 UTC

Yeah, it's some serious shit going on. People are getting their accounts hacked and having their entries deleted.

Luckily Mac OSx and Linux systems aren't affected, because the OS doesn't know how to run the file, so I'm safe (although I didn't click any of the links.)

growly March 7 2009, 18:41:16 UTC

Whoah, thanks for the tip on deleting old email addresses, I had no idea you could hack somebody that way. It's bad for me because I used to share an email address with someone years ago and I saw that old email was still listed :o

Mind if I copy-pasta your warning in my own LJ?

trenchcoatedson March 7 2009, 18:42:02 UTC

Sure, go ahead.

I'm going to change my password on my LJ account and e-mail, just in case.

trenchcoatedson March 7 2009, 18:43:12 UTC

Also I didn't know about the e-mail thing either. I was like "Holy shit, dude."

skog March 7 2009, 19:10:33 UTC

That's annoying. And it's funny 'cause the entry above this is about an MSN virus. I wonder if this is by the same people as the DeviantART one.

Someone has my very first e-mail address, after hotmail deleted it for violating their terms and services. (I guess 'cause I was 11?) I tried to get it back once they released it, but I wasn't quick enough. :(

trenchcoatedson March 7 2009, 20:14:08 UTC

It's more than just annoying. These people could steal credit card information, and your social security number (for those living in America), along with any thing important you type on your computer... so this is pretty serious.

What was your first e-mail?

skog March 7 2009, 23:01:40 UTC

I wonder if that's what happened to Aquamyu with all of her things getting hacked. I just assumed that it was someone that she knew.

Why would someone put their social security number online? Do you need it to buy a paid account or something? That seems strange.

My first e-mail was jolteonz@hotmail.com. I miss it. :(

trenchcoatedson March 8 2009, 07:53:06 UTC

I was thinking the same thing (about Aqua). But it also seemed unlikely because as of now it appears they're only targeting LJ, but who knows. ): I hope she doesn't have the keylogger software on her computer.

magnatum March 7 2009, 20:23:05 UTC

h-how do I DELETE old e-mail addresses? ):

trenchcoatedson March 7 2009, 20:23:55 UTC

There should be a checkbox by each one. Check it, then click "Delete" somewhere under the list of e-mail addresses.