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trickykitty) wrote2008-10-29 09:38 am
trickykitty) wrote2008-10-29 09:38 am
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Russian Friends Are Back - PSA
I haven't been friended by a Russian LJ user/bot, but ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
geminibalance recently was.
As I noted down in her comments, it would appear that this might possibly be a legitimate LJ as it actually contains blogging posts, unlike all of the other Russian adds I've seen friends mention, but as I can't read Russian I can't be sure. (I'm planning for a friend who's taken a couple years of Russian to perhaps verify this for me.)
I also pointed out, I looked into one of the gadgets on this LJ's user profile page and if you get far enough it will ask you if you want the gadget to be auto-added to your profile page -- all you have to do is provide your LJ name and password.
I doubt I should have to tell this to any of my friends since I try to only harbor those with brains (the tastier for me to eat in case I ever turn into a brain-eating zombie), but I still would not be a good friend if I didn't put it into good ol' plain Engrish for all to see:
AVOID LIKE PLAGUE TEH INFO PAGE GADGET
Or at the very least, verify the coding for it and paste it manually yourself. I'm not bothering to tell you which gadget it was, because that is a moot point and irrelevant if even one of them turns out to be malicious.
geminibalance recently was.As I noted down in her comments, it would appear that this might possibly be a legitimate LJ as it actually contains blogging posts, unlike all of the other Russian adds I've seen friends mention, but as I can't read Russian I can't be sure. (I'm planning for a friend who's taken a couple years of Russian to perhaps verify this for me.)
I also pointed out, I looked into one of the gadgets on this LJ's user profile page and if you get far enough it will ask you if you want the gadget to be auto-added to your profile page -- all you have to do is provide your LJ name and password.
I doubt I should have to tell this to any of my friends since I try to only harbor those with brains (the tastier for me to eat in case I ever turn into a brain-eating zombie), but I still would not be a good friend if I didn't put it into good ol' plain Engrish for all to see:
AVOID LIKE PLAGUE TEH INFO PAGE GADGET
Or at the very least, verify the coding for it and paste it manually yourself. I'm not bothering to tell you which gadget it was, because that is a moot point and irrelevant if even one of them turns out to be malicious.
Re: Руский Язык
I will be coming to the party if at all possible, and will try to come a bit early. We'll see how this weekend ends up working out, though--I've got a major exam on Tuesday which may take most of my weekend in studies. I'll let you know soon either way.
**hugs**
Re: Руский Язык
These Russian LJ folks are an odd bunch. I wonder why they friend so many unsuspecting people.
As far as I know I should be home most of Saturday unless we for some reason head out to buy stuff for the party. I'd say just give me a call when you are ready to come over if it's before the scheduled party time. If not, then I really do hope you can at least make it for the party and I will see you then. :)