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Fake deviantART website by =Cristian-M:iconCristian-M:

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Maybe you've read articles or journals about attempts to steal your dA username and password.

The threat is real and I thought it wouldn't hurt to show what it's all about.

It starts with a comment or a note, which includes a link you are asked to click.

If you click that link, it takes you to a fake deviantART website, which looks a lot like the dA log-in page. There are two important differences:
1. The webpage link showing in the address field, at the top, is "[link]".
2. The fake dA webpage has a "New Profiles" link besides the "Go" button.

On the real dA login page, the webpage link should start with "[link]" and there's no "New Profiles" link.

Please download the image to see all the details.

Note:
I use Mozilla Firefox as my internet browser and when I clicked the link to the fake dA website, it didn't take me there, instead it showed me a "Reported Web Forgery" message.
When I tried the same link in Internet Explorer, the browser happily took me to the fake dA website.

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*PridesCrossing Feb 12, 2009, 9:22:46 AM
:omg:Thanks for the info!!!

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-e.e. cummings :heart: :) :peace: :butterflytwo:

I now have a few photos for stock use located at *gild-a-stock please check out her stock!!!:)
I also put images in my scraps that can be used
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*NuriZahra Feb 12, 2009, 9:26:06 AM
Haha, mine did the same thing. I use Mozilla too and thank goodness for the forgery detector in their latest updates. I think it's awesome that you turned the threat into a deviation. It should spread the information faster this way.

I'll post a link to it in my DA journal because everyone on DA needs to know about this.

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my blog profile: [link]
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~09Striker Feb 12, 2009, 9:28:32 AM
hehe yes, Firefox rules defenitly, I was confused when i saw it the first time, and it appeared subspicous to me, yet i still clicked it because i didnt know about ita nd it came from a good friend^^ lucky me I saw that message too and knew all about it XD

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Stay with me forever Mighty_Rathalos© and I will always be with you

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Thanks Elen89 for my new avatar :hug:
[link]
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=K-lenx Feb 12, 2009, 9:29:02 AM
i clicked it once with firefox and i got the page. it was before the news was spread anyway. never tried with IE...

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~sweetpainter Feb 12, 2009, 9:30:23 AM
its funny that we all have a new (ugly) look on our sites and its a "great new look" and we dont have safety and security on DA

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~hummingbird44 Feb 12, 2009, 9:53:59 AM
Knowing this info, I'll pay extra attention! Thanks!
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Mood: Approval ~Keijunlilja Feb 12, 2009, 9:56:41 AM
Good job :thumbsup: .

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:heart: : Joanna
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=Adi-Emus Feb 12, 2009, 10:11:53 AM
good work, Cristian! :thumbsup:
I've just updated my journal phishing info with thumbnail to your screenshots. thanks for sharing! :handshake:

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For the leaves are getting greener, and spring is on the way,
and Girls are getting prettier and younger every day :D
(Silver in the Stubble trad. irish)
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*The-Dude-L-Bug Feb 12, 2009, 10:28:30 AM
Thanks muchly for pointing out the differences.

That in particular hasn't happened, but I definitely keep it in mind.
I have had my VS mistakenly tell my gallery was a "maliciouos page" a couple of times....
I've also ended up on some strangley redirected pages after just trying to view some deviations couple of times in the last few of weeks.
Oddly, backtracking & clicking the same links didn't re-create the error, so it's not something I could even report.

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If there's a Pi upon one shoulder,
and a Budgie by his mug,
When ya try to move,
and yer met by a Bouv...
then it's got to be the Dude L Bug!
;)
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