Someone use my profile

[alimadhi]

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What is going here how someone use my profile to post bad thinks
Its strange

[nocash]

That's new, the spammers are now hacking existing accounts from real people, instead of creating their own accounts.
User "alimadhi", http://www.psxdev.net/forum/search.php? ... hor_id=416
Apart from the Dating spam post, the signature (in all other posts) was also changed to "Verified Women".

Did that happen before? And what's best to fix that?
Deleting the whole account would be unfortunate in such cases.
Better would be to lock the account, delete the spam post, and delete the signature.
And if possible hand out a new password to the user (but that will work only if the original email address is still valid, and wasn't modified by the spammer).

EDIT: Looking closer at the "alimadhi" posts... most are quoting random sentences from other people, bundled with some brief questions and comments... I am not sure if any of those posts was made by a real person.

It does almost look as if a spambot has spend years on creating a fake account, and alsongsides causing some confusion by posting meaningless fake bug reports on the way : /

Although some "alimadhi" posts like in this thread http://www.psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... 3&start=20 contain longer sentences with hex numbers and asm code. Hard to tell if that's real language or AI generated gibberish.

[alimadhi]

It does almost look as if a spambot has spend years on creating a fake account, and alsongsides causing some confusion by posting meaningless fake bug reports on the way : /

Although some "alimadhi" posts like in this thread http://www.psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... 3&start=20 contain longer sentences with hex numbers and asm code. Hard to tell if that's real language or AI generated gibberish.

First, thanks for the message Me about my profile hacked its not hacked some one use my profile without change my password or email
Secondly, the topic of the post was testing patch file of TR1 game sent to me to test it, and I am also working on another game, so it is not the same topic.
Thirdly, I am always here asking things that I do not know and learned here, I was honored
Is that mean spammer ?

[kiffy]

It only happens if you accidentally clicked a .EXE file or shortened link with "porn stuff" previews. By doing so you're allowing intruders to access your account. You are lucky if they only use that for adwares. That is the easiest way to access your account not by brute force.

Shortened links are also use by commercial companies to advertise their products legally.

[nocash]

If someone has used your account - no matter how it was done - that's called hacked.
Spam is flooding forums or email inboxes with things like unwanted advertising.

First thing is to change your password, and if you have used the same or similar passwords on other sites, also changes those passwords, too. Don't use insecure, short, easy to guess passwords.

If you whole computer is infected, that's a bigger project. Minimum would be to run a virus scanner, maximum would be to reinstall the OS and all software (and taking care of backing up your source code, emails, photos, etc.)

PS. now that you have changed the thread subject from "?asual Dating" to "Someone use my profile". I guess you meant "Someone did use my profile", not "Someone use my profile", unless you are asking us to use your profile, please?

[Damian22]

Edit:
What is going here how someone use my profile to post bad thinks
Its strange

I hear about this for the first time.