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Posts and PMs with suspicious links

By Chris Hennes
July 6, 2019 in Announcements

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Posted July 6, 2019

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Posted July 6, 2019

Over the past several days the site has been inundated with spam applications attempting to post links to malware -- while we catch most of these before they post to the main forums, and have recently increased the posting and messaging restrictions on new members, please exercise caution when clicking on a link provided by a brand new forums member. As a general rule, if you don't recognize where the link is taking you, don't click on it. Please report any suspicious content you see or receive, and do not respond to it.

We are working on a technological solution to the current generation of spammers, but as always it's a game of whack-a-mole.