Just checked and nope, I did not.
This is really old stuff to be honest. The idea of emails having virusās isnāt new and shouldnāt be treated as anything other than what it is. This isnāt a pandemic (Pun intended) where everyone
A computer virus has two goals;
- To complete a task on a computer
- To share itself to other areas
If you have a good anti-virus software on your computer then chances are the virusās main goal wont be achieved and itāll simply try using your email to send off the fake link to others.
Whoever has access to the TTV email address must have clicked an email with a virus or being sent an email with a virus. That virus then sends out spam emails to members who the email has contact details for.
The alternative is that the problem lies with āDiscoursehosting.comā getting a virus and that transmitting to members who have signed up with the site (hence āKevinā) and then spreading to everyone on their contact list (Which would be anyone on the boards)
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Main solution would simply be the following;
āDonāt open any emails from TTV - delete them immediately.ā
Iām sure a staff member can probably correct me if Iām wrong, but Iāve never really known TTV to randomly message users via their email accounts. If you know you are going to get an email from them or something, then sure, check it looks legitimate and has a title that matches what you were chatting about and then open it.
HOWEVER, if you havenāt spoken or received emails from TTV before, then why even bother to look at it? Iām pretty sure itād be easier for TTV to message you on the boards anyway than to find your email on the boards and then proceed to open up a email service and write it out. In essence what Iām saying is that its best to query these things and think about āwhy would i be getting a message about a PSN card code from TTVā
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could test in a virtual machine what it does
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I know, Iāve received obvious email viruses before, itās that we have a lot of younger members on the boards, which is a friendly place, so whilst in different circumstances Iād just ignore it, I thought I would just alert others who may see the friendly face, and be more trusting.
Also, @Darknova3529, wonāt bother with anything like that, itās probably just your normal virus - it will mess with your computer.
I donāt know what happen I didnāt even know what happen! I swear bro I Donāt know where the link is from ether please forgive for causing this IM so SORRY
I think that you got the email because itās the account thatās linked to your YouTube account. Then, you subbed to TTV? They probably took that info and emailed you bc youāre subbed to the channel?
ok sorry
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For the record, this is just a spam bot, and itās not being emailed from our email but rather from @NoobyninjaLOLOLās email. Our boards have a āreply with emailā feature that allowed users to receive updates on topics and reply to it via their email offsite.
When this is done, the user who is being replied to is sent an email with the reply attached.
We have not been hacked. This email that was sent is just an automated message from the Boards. Our boardsā auto-detection was able to block access to the link, so even if you were to click on it it would have taken you to a 404 error as the message was deleted the second it went live. @NoobyninjaLOLOLās account was also deactived during this interim.
@NoobyninjaLOLOL, your email appears to be compromised though, Iād recommend changing your passwords and maybe consider making a new email to use.
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thank you thank you I swear I donāt know what happen or when did this happen. I donāt know the link as well nor do i know whereād it even came from. Again sorry for this discussion I hope you all forgive me
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