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George Krashos
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Australia
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Posted - 12 Jun 2015 :  08:23:09  Show Profile Send George Krashos a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Looks like we've been targeted. Make sure the mythal isn't compromised Alaundo!

Someone should tell the Emerald Sage that Elminster doesn't need viagra.

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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus

Edited by - George Krashos on 12 Jun 2015 08:23:56

Alaundo
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Posted - 12 Jun 2015 :  09:48:52  Show Profile  Visit Alaundo's Homepage Send Alaundo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well met


Just spotted it, George. Appears that a Scribe has been hacked, rather than a new spammer account. Posts removed and account locked down until I can inform the scribe.

Many thanks.

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TBeholder
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Posted - 12 Jun 2015 :  12:59:12  Show Profile Send TBeholder a Private Message  Reply with Quote
and a spambot: http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14719&whichpage=2

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Xnella Moonblade-Thann
Learned Scribe

USA
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Posted - 19 Jul 2015 :  23:08:09  Show Profile Send Xnella Moonblade-Thann a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I see at least 3 ads covering the bottom half of the scrolls on my screen, but nowhere else on any other website...is this related to the account of the hacked scribe?

"Sweet water and light laughter until next we meet." - traditional elven farewell

Please forgive any spelling and grammer errors, as my android touch-screen phone has no spellchecker. If I do make a grammer mistake, please let me know and I'll try to fix it.

New laptop, still trying to sort my "scrolls" on its shelves...and when will this cursed thing stop doing things I tell it not to?
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 20 Jul 2015 :  04:05:13  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Xnella Moonblade-Thann

I see at least 3 ads covering the bottom half of the scrolls on my screen, but nowhere else on any other website...is this related to the account of the hacked scribe?



I see no ads at all when I visit the 'Keep, and I do so from multiple devices, browsers, and operating systems.

Seems odd to only get ads when on one site, but I'm guessing it's something on your end. Have you tried from another browser?

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Xnella Moonblade-Thann
Learned Scribe

USA
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Posted - 26 Jul 2015 :  21:38:30  Show Profile Send Xnella Moonblade-Thann a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I only have Chrome as a browser on my laptop. Internet Explorer always lags or just simply won't work. And since my laptop has been giving me the blue screen of death every now and again, I'm not installing anything else on it (and am in the process of backing up all necessary files, like my Documents, Music, Videos, Pictures, games, etc.).

"Sweet water and light laughter until next we meet." - traditional elven farewell

Please forgive any spelling and grammer errors, as my android touch-screen phone has no spellchecker. If I do make a grammer mistake, please let me know and I'll try to fix it.

New laptop, still trying to sort my "scrolls" on its shelves...and when will this cursed thing stop doing things I tell it not to?
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 26 Jul 2015 :  22:16:04  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Xnella Moonblade-Thann

I only have Chrome as a browser on my laptop. Internet Explorer always lags or just simply won't work. And since my laptop has been giving me the blue screen of death every now and again, I'm not installing anything else on it (and am in the process of backing up all necessary files, like my Documents, Music, Videos, Pictures, games, etc.).



All of those things could be symptoms of malware.

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Xnella Moonblade-Thann
Learned Scribe

USA
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Posted - 26 Jul 2015 :  23:18:41  Show Profile Send Xnella Moonblade-Thann a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My laptop is 4.5 years old and the harddrive is about 3 years old...plus with the amount of abuse it gets between me carrying it everywhere and then the little ones (not my own, but kids in my family who are under 5 years old and have no concept of how to treat electronics other than slapping/throwing the device), I'm surprised it's survived this long! And I haven't seen the ads today, so maybe it was just a fluke. (I haven't done a scan disk/defrag since June, so it wasn't something on my end).

"Sweet water and light laughter until next we meet." - traditional elven farewell

Please forgive any spelling and grammer errors, as my android touch-screen phone has no spellchecker. If I do make a grammer mistake, please let me know and I'll try to fix it.

New laptop, still trying to sort my "scrolls" on its shelves...and when will this cursed thing stop doing things I tell it not to?
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TBeholder
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Posted - 17 Oct 2024 :  18:08:48  Show Profile Send TBeholder a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I see a new pattern. LLM spambots?

People never wonder How the world goes round -Helloween
And even I make no pretense Of having more than common sense -R.W.Wood
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