Yeah, on launchpad in the answers section, it's often hundreds of
identical messages, these last years. Hard to find the real ones. But
launchpad has gotten faster in removing them.
At
inkscape.org, I guess it's still posted manually, by a real person,
currently. Might be the downloads are infected... Don't open to look,
please, in these cases.
Maren
Am 02.02.2018 um 02:33 schrieb brynn:
Hi moderators (and other interested folks),
Just a heads up for moderators. You may have seen the spam which
came in today (if it hasn't already been deleted by now). Five separate
uploads, each into a different category (even in the pastebin!)
advertising a toll free phone number for tech support for Malewarebytes
(MBAM).
Since I've known mbam to be an excellent and reputable
anti-malware program, I was shocked. I had to investigate. As it turns
out, the spam isn't coming from the mbam community. They are the
target, or victim, and yes, along with us and our gallery.
Anyway, long story short, there's a rash or outbreak of a type of
spam known as "spam flooding" throughout the internet. It's happening
in forums, galleries, and email....social media too, I suppose. The
spammers typically post several to many identical messages, in one go.
And most commonly it gives a toll free phone number, offering software
support or customer service. (And lord only knows what's on the other
end of that number!) And many, many businesses, corporations, products,
whether software or otherwise are being targetted by this.
Well, all we really can do at this point, is be vigilant. Thanks
for your help :-)
All best,
brynn
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