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Title: Beware of Message from takertrade
Post by: TomCrypto on August 13, 2018, 11:33:30 AM
The User TakerTrade (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=886752) seems to have been hacked. A bot on his account is currently flooding (more than 100 msg in less than an hour) the forum with message like this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4688734.msg44006310#msg44006310

Don't ever click on the picture.
It will download an .exe file that surely contains a virus.
Admin could you ban this user or restrain his account and delete all of its last post?
Thanks


Title: Re: Beware of Message from takertrade
Post by: hilariousandco on August 13, 2018, 11:39:22 AM
Just report them. We had one of these yesterday, and once users click the links it likely has a knock-on effect with more users getting infected and spreading the same malware. I banned him. Will remove the posts now.


Title: Re: Beware of Message from takertrade
Post by: TomCrypto on August 13, 2018, 11:41:44 AM
I reported 5 of its message before writing my message here.
Thank you for your help


Title: Re: Beware of Message from takertrade
Post by: NavI_027 on August 13, 2018, 12:08:16 PM
I'm glad that others are also aware of the stinky deeds of this account. Actually, I criticized his post a while ago and also decided to report him but then there's suddenly happened. ALL of his spam posts in the Economics section vanished in a glimpse which makes me hesitate to report him (I just thought that maybe it's just a system error). So weird ???
Don't ever click on the picture.[/b] It will download an .exe file that surely contains a virus.
OMG! I accidentally clicked on the link but I closed the tab before the link finished its loading. My question is, am I now infected by the malware? (I hope not) :(


Title: Re: Beware of Message from takertrade
Post by: TomCrypto on August 13, 2018, 12:12:56 PM
If you canceled the download before its end then you're fine. And even if it's finished if you didn't launch the exe it's ok


Title: Re: Beware of Message from takertrade
Post by: NavI_027 on August 13, 2018, 12:30:07 PM
If you canceled the download before its end then you're fine. And even if it's finished if you didn't launch the exe it's ok

Thanks for the reply sir, I now feel relieved. :)