icons by jewels & oddshiz ([info]jeweledicecream) wrote,
@ 2005-10-02 10:20:00
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IMPORTANT. Please read.

Someone is leaving comments on open posts on LJ. If you click on the link in the comment, it will upload a virus.

Here is a sample of what the comment looks like:

Hello nardasarmy, i saw something like this at...

Then you're given a link to an LJ post using the URL but when you hover over it, it shows up as a link to somewhere else, an art-attack.com/users address. The "nardasarmy" bit changes to whatever the journal name they are posting the comment in.

Please, please, please be careful about clicking links left in comments over the next couple days. Hover your mouse over them without clicking and make sure you're not being tricked in some way.

If you or someone you know has been hit, try here for some help in removal. That link goes to the MajorGeeks site, and their forum thread on removing spyware and viruses.

Feel free to copy and paste this and spread the message.

*note* This probably will not happen at [info]jeweledicecream because most of our posts are locked, but I know some of you are in other (public) icon communities, and this can happen there.

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[info]fungypooo
2005-10-02 02:24 am UTC (link)
eep. =/ thanks Lemon. :) <33

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[info]xheaveneyes
2005-10-02 02:39 am UTC (link)
woah. o_o
some people have no lives .. thanks for the heads up! :)

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[info]clippage
2005-10-02 02:43 am UTC (link)
Oh wow.. thanks.

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__vogued
2005-10-02 02:45 am UTC (link)
Thanks for letting us know.

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[info]hermionesparkle
2005-10-02 02:53 am UTC (link)
Oh goodness, thanks for the notice.

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[info]poodleskirt
2005-10-02 03:03 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the heads-up!

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[info]fairewench
2005-10-02 04:26 am UTC (link)
Thank you for posting this. I'm definitely going to copy and paste both in my personal journal and my community. I have very few open posts but it's a great idea to pass the word. *grumbles over virus-spreaders*

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[info]pinupgirlx
2005-10-02 08:08 am UTC (link)
That exact thing happened on one of my journal entries today!

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xsummerfate
2005-10-02 01:50 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for letting us know. :]

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[info]crazyshell
2005-10-02 03:45 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the warning, Lemon. I already hover over links but I probably would've clicked on it anyways.

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[info]falll_to_pieces
2005-10-02 06:53 pm UTC (link)
thank you very much for telling us.

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[info]oc_craze
2005-10-09 05:17 pm UTC (link)
Thankyou so much for the heads-up!

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