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    One of those Dumps Posts Appeared At 9:30 p.m.

    I saw it at 9:32 p.m., deleted it and banned the account. Always feels good to catch spam before Mac.

    Patted myself on the back, but then remembered a recent text I received. Read in part...

    "Attempted to check out Rx and got a malware warning and cpu froze. Running a virus scan now... fingers crossed..."

    Anyone else seeing similar?

    Rx Muscle for life, but all things can improve. Please pm me, Mac, or other mods, admins, or forum leaders if you encounter anything questionable related to the forums.

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    Thumbs up to you and Mac for keeping this place so clean from the spammers.
    Haven't noticed what you described but seems whenever a spammer is around or shortly after getting the axe I seem to get a lot "Forbidden:error" messages when clicking on new posts. Usually disappears within minutes to an hour.
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    I'll ask about that, Sunny. Thank you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sunnyday View Post
    Thumbs up to you and Mac for keeping this place so clean from the spammers.
    Haven't noticed what you described but seems whenever a spammer is around or shortly after getting the axe I seem to get a lot "Forbidden:error" messages when clicking on new posts. Usually disappears within minutes to an hour.

    Yes, I too am getting the Forbidden errors, missing avatars and attached photos not showing until you click on them and open in another window.

    If you see some spam, just don't click on anything or it may unleash some digital gremlins.

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    Surprised you guys do not have a "Report" button. That way if spam is seen it would direct you right to it. This way you could just rid it instead of having to search the forums.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Solution View Post
    Surprised you guys do not have a "Report" button. That way if spam is seen it would direct you right to it. This way you could just rid it instead of having to search the forums.

    It's not hard to find the spam, if we take the time to look.

    We don't need a Report button and more emails or notifications.

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    Sometimes I get a red screen with white text saying "this site contains malware"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Beat View Post
    Sometimes I get a red screen with white text saying "this site contains malware"
    I guess that's what the other member saw as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac View Post
    It's not hard to find the spam, if we take the time to look.

    We don't need a Report button and more emails or notifications.
    Thanks, Bob, but Mac's right. I think we cover a lot of ground without instant notification.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Curt James View Post
    I guess that's what the other member saw as well.
    Never see this but I am running on a Mac without AV / Malware software as it's not needed.

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    Best wishes for the rest of 2016 to everyone who keep the RX forums legit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Beat View Post
    Sometimes I get a red screen with white text saying "this site contains malware"
    The Credit Card 'dumps' that appear on the forums has been known to trigger this alert to appear in some virus software as the links they point to often contain known malicious malware.

    There may be infected pages and links still appearing in older threads that were never deleted or scanned for infections.

    This past week I deleted any remaining soft-deleted threads so they're not inadvertently opened in the future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac View Post
    The Credit Card 'dumps' that appear on the forums has been known to trigger this alert to appear in some virus software as the links they point to often contain known malicious malware.

    There may be infected pages and links still appearing in older threads that were never deleted or scanned for infections.

    This past week I deleted any remaining soft-deleted threads so they're not inadvertently opened in the future.
    Thank you for keeping the site and forums safe(r), Mac.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Curt James View Post
    Thank you for keeping the site and forums safe(r), Mac.

    You're never safe on the internet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac View Post
    You're never safe on the internet.
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