What gives?

[fuzzyjay]

What's with all these people from Russia adding me as an LJ friend and then the account is deleted soon afterward? It's happened at least five times now.

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[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Most likely bots. LJ is getting a bit better at shutting them down.

[dao.livejournal.com]

I have really wondered that myself of late!

Looking through their friend lists they have a couple of MY friends listed. I have just listed them in my mind as hackers and not added them. So far they have been banned a couple of days after adding me.

I really have to look at this whole 'bot thing thought... it was something I hadn't thought of b/4.

[bendawg.livejournal.com]

They are spam accounts apparently mining for e-mail addresses. As people report them to LJ abuse and they investigate, they suspend the accounts.

[rpeate.livejournal.com]

And here I thought I was alone. I almost posted about it but decided I was alone. It's been going on for months, but most of the accounts are not deleted, just Russian. Remember that LJ was bought by a Russian company.

Jay, I'm sorry our acquaintance has been neglected. I have been meaning to communicate with you more. Unfortunately, now I come to you for technical advice. We own two computers, both of which are virus-infested, one incapacitated, the other one I am using now. May I telephone you to talk to you about our problem? May I have your telephone number again? Do you make house calls for money or meals?

[rpeate.livejournal.com]

Our number, in case this computer dies. Please call me this weekend if you don't hear back from me after giving me your number.

[rpeate.livejournal.com]

And, of course, our actual number would be helpful: (503) 387-3932.

[fuzzyjay.livejournal.com]

Oh, Robert, I'm sorry but I have gone away for a few days. I'll be back next Tuesday night, but the next time I would be able to help you is Wednesday.

[rpeate.livejournal.com]

I am a patient man. And today I bought a 500 gigabyte external hard drive. My goal? To transfer my data to the external drive, wipe the drive clean, and replace the OS. If you can assist with this, I will kiss your toes. If not, can you recommend someone good who can?

On the bright side, Malwarebyte and Avast seem to have saved my wife's (this) computer.

[rpeate.livejournal.com]

Hey, Jay, I hope you took today to recover from your trip! Do you think you could take a look at my computer in the next day or two? Would you like to visit us or for me to visit you with it?