I got a PM fom someone named MichaellRunyon saying my computer is sending spam, to check my computer and perform a online virus check at our site immediately. And if I do not pass the test my avsim account will be deleted and a complaint will be fowarded to my ISP.Is this for real? The link given to take this "test" does not work. Also I use MalwareBytes and Kaspersky and those say my computer is clean. So is this a real PM from this guy? Or just someone causing trouble?Here is the PMDear, Joseph29!Spam sending from your computer was detected.We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately: <removed by mod>If you do not pass this test we will have to delete your account and forward a complaint to your ISP with attached log file (your IP address, etc.).And if this is in the wrong forum then I and sorry.

I got a PM fom someone named MichaellRunyon saying my computer is sending spam, to check my computer and perform a online virus check at our site immediately. And if I do not pass the test my avsim account will be deleted and a complaint will be fowarded to my ISP.Is this for real? The link given to take this "test" does not work. Also I use MalwareBytes and Kaspersky and those say my computer is clean. So is this a real PM from this guy? Or just someone causing trouble?Here is the PMDear, Joseph29!Spam sending from your computer was detected.We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately: http://removemalware.webcindario.com/online-scanner/If you do not pass this test we will have to delete your account and forward a complaint to your ISP with attached log file (your IP address, etc.).And if this is in the wrong forum then I and sorry.

To me it looks like someone has PM you spam - you should not have clicked on that link in my opinion. Clicking on links that come with anything questionable you receive can be dangerous. I strongly advise anyone reading this thread not to click on that link.MichaellRunyon looks like a brand new member who's joined yesterday and has no posts. If I were you, I would wait for one of the forum admins to read this thread or contact them directly ASAP with this information.

To me it looks like someone has PM you spam - you should not have clicked on that link in my opinion. Clicking on links that come with anything questionable you receive can be dangerous. I strongly advise anyone reading this thread not to click on that link.MichaellRunyon looks like a brand new member who's joined yesterday and has no posts. If I were you, I would wait for one of the forum admins to read this thread or contact them directly ASAP with this information.

Thank you for the reply. When I saw the PM I thought it was from someone from the avim staff thats the only reason why I clicked on the link. But since I clicked the link I have ran both Malwarebyte and Kaspersky and they haven't found anything on my computer. Oh and when I did go to the link all I got was a blank IE8 page saying something to the effect that the page can not be displayed (I forgot what it exactly said).Is there anywhere on this site that has a list of the staff members? That way if I (or anyone) get something like this again we can just look up the name to see if he is indeed a staff member.

Thank you for the reply. When I saw the PM I thought it was from someone from the avim staff thats the only reason why I clicked on the link. But since I clicked the link I have ran both Malwarebyte and Kaspersky and they haven't found anything on my computer. Oh and when I did go to the link all I got was a blank IE8 page saying something to the effect that the page can not be displayed (I forgot what it exactly said).Is there anywhere on this site that has a list of the staff members? That way if I (or anyone) get something like this again we can just look up the name to see if he is indeed a staff member.

The info on contacting AVSIM Forum Admin staff and and viewing the complete administration team is here:http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?act=Hel...DE=01&HID=7Alternatively if you want to contact them you can also just send an e-mail to forum(at)avsim(dot)com