[spam report] question 160083 comment spam, Christian Spiro's account hijacked

Asked by Eliah Kagan

The user Christian Spiro (https://launchpad.net/~nuclearskittles) was a legitimate user of Launchpad, but his account was apparently hijacked recently. The comment he posted about 5 hours ago in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/160083 was spam.

(From my browser--Chromium in Natty--it seems to be ineffective spam, at least at the moment. However, the link http:://www.jankleinjans.nl/index080a.html redirects to http:://defender-itudp.in/dadca73d6f28a42f/sa1/0/ and the site defender-itudp.in is documented at https://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?name=defender-itudp.in to contain at least eight instances of attempts to get users to download and install trojan horse software, as described at http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/attacksignatures/detail.jsp?asid=50250. Therefore, I believe it is enormously more likely that this is spam, than that it is an attempt to provide information pertinent to the question. I have edited dangerous links in this post so they start with "http::" instead of "http:".)

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Gary Poster (gary) said :
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I hid the comment and contacted the user.

Thank you.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
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Thanks Gary Poster, that solved my question.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
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More spam has been posted in question 160083 from Christian Spiro's account (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/160083, comment #10, 8 minutes ago).

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Aaron Bentley (abentley) said :
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I have hidden that comment, too. If he does not respond soon and there is further spam, we will suspend his account.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
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Thanks Aaron Bentley, that solved my question.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
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There has been further spam from Christian Spiro's account, about three hours ago, in the same question.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
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And some more, 4 minutes ago (post #12).

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
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And another, about 2 hours ago (post #13).

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Best Данило Шеган (danilo) said :
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I've removed the spam and suspended the account. Thanks for the reports.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
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Thanks Данило Шеган, that solved my question.