Suspicious URLS

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  1. Michael

    Michael Regular Member

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    What do you do when someone is posting suspicious looking URLs, we just had this one posted, it certainly looks dodgy to me:

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    http://javascript<b></b%3E:void(0);
     
  2. Ak Worm

    Ak Worm Grand Master

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    You Get Spammers From Web Crawlers..Like When I Started My Site, I Had Spiders On Forum Home. The Created A Thread With The Same Thing. Its Not A Real Person. Its Probably A Web Crawler. Correct Me If Im Wrong.
     
  3. Michael

    Michael Regular Member

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    You are wrong he has an intro and 20 genuine posts.
     
  4. Ak Worm

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    Then Its A Failed Javascript Attempt.
     
  5. Michael

    Michael Regular Member

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    What is that code usually used for, what would be its purpose?
     
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    agreed with the above post its a failed javascript attempt.

    It can be used to mess up a users computer and browser. I recommend that you delete the post or at least remove the link from the post.
     
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    It was caught by one of our modifications before going public :)
     

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