Stuart in MN
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Every now and then I'll click on a discussion here, and I'll get the popup window enclosed below - it's asking if I want to connect to a website called 'ihavejustbeenpaid.info'. Of course, I click on cancel.
After some research using Google search, it appears to be embedded text in the signature of various new posters, with only one or two posts to their name. I've enclosed a copy of one from board member 'martinastbjorn', taken from this recent thread titled Temp in my Garage Today: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-157023.html
Has anyone else seen this? It only happens on this board, and only in discussions with a post from one of these new people (who I assume are spammers, since they never have more than one or two posts.) I'm using a Mac with Safari browser. I haven't seen this happen with my work computer which is a PC with Internet Explorer.
If you look at this google link, the first result lists a number of other GJ discussion threads with similar posts in them. http://www.google.com/#q=Ihavejustbeenpaid.info+garage+journal
edit: I think the reason I'm seeing this is because I don't have Adobe Flash on my Mac and the embedded text contains an .swf script (which is Flash) so the Mac asks me first instead of automatically running whatever the script is about. At any rate, it would appear that it's designed to inadvertently draw in people who do have Flash enabled on their computers.
After some research using Google search, it appears to be embedded text in the signature of various new posters, with only one or two posts to their name. I've enclosed a copy of one from board member 'martinastbjorn', taken from this recent thread titled Temp in my Garage Today: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-157023.html
Has anyone else seen this? It only happens on this board, and only in discussions with a post from one of these new people (who I assume are spammers, since they never have more than one or two posts.) I'm using a Mac with Safari browser. I haven't seen this happen with my work computer which is a PC with Internet Explorer.
If you look at this google link, the first result lists a number of other GJ discussion threads with similar posts in them. http://www.google.com/#q=Ihavejustbeenpaid.info+garage+journal
edit: I think the reason I'm seeing this is because I don't have Adobe Flash on my Mac and the embedded text contains an .swf script (which is Flash) so the Mac asks me first instead of automatically running whatever the script is about. At any rate, it would appear that it's designed to inadvertently draw in people who do have Flash enabled on their computers.
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