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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