12-21-2012, 05:01 AM
They are bots that have been around on popular forums...As this forum has gotten more popular, it becomes attractive
High end & sponsored forums have staff & higher end programming, but even they get hit....
Best advise, do not hit a hotlink on a fairly new poster....& be aware some bots also now "establish creds" then change posts to auto add hotlinks....so they are getting harder to screen, even by the bigger forums...
Actually, be careful of any & every link...even a good friends email could have been comprised & have a link you do not want to click on...
High end & sponsored forums have staff & higher end programming, but even they get hit....
Best advise, do not hit a hotlink on a fairly new poster....& be aware some bots also now "establish creds" then change posts to auto add hotlinks....so they are getting harder to screen, even by the bigger forums...
Actually, be careful of any & every link...even a good friends email could have been comprised & have a link you do not want to click on...