PM

[Lord Montagu the 3rd]

just had an email saying this...


DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL!
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Dear Lord Montagu the 3rd,

You have received a new private message at The Photo Beat - Photography Discussion and Critique Forum from forumComrad, entitled "Important message from the forum administration!".

To read the original version, respond to, or delete this message, you must log in here:
http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/private.php

This is the message that was sent:
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Dear(s), Lord Montagu the 3rd!A virus alert was noticed on your computer. We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately: http:/########## Lord Montagu the 3rd----------------------------------------------------Sincerely, Forum Administration www.thephotobeat.com.
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Again, please do not reply to this email. You must go to the following page to reply to this private message:
http://www.thephotobeat.com/forum/private.php

All the best,
The Photo Beat - Photography Discussion and Critique Forum

I've edited out the links, but there is no private message when I signed in or any member called 'forumcomrad' so I don't know if the site has been hacked and they have got our email addresses

[Antarctican]

Oh dear, another spammer managed to send out a PM to members. You're savvy enough to know to ignore it. But thanks for letting us know so we can ban 'im

[Chris of Arabia]

That account was banned before this thread was started, but unfortunately it seems to have left a few traces. For anyone who thinks otherwise, there is nothing in vBulletin that does anything to check for viruses.

[Chris of Arabia]

Sorry all, I should have realised that Andy's note was related to what arrived by email for most. There most definitely was a PM, but I'd cleaned the system out at around 05:30 UK time this morning before most would have been up and about. Unfortunately, I can't get into your email inboxes and clean anything out from there.

The best way you can prevent the email side of things happening is to turn off email notifications for private messages. No one has your email addresses, you'll find the that the email genuinely came from the TPB Admin mail account, but the message was long sent before I had any opportunity to deal with our spammer.