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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-docs mailing list > Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
