Fortunately this forum's software has been modified to prevent new posters inserting links else we would have been flooded with spam by now.
We have also seen viral attacks on Hotmail accounts, hacking attempts on partner websites, and a generally elevated level of spurious internet spamming activity. (Conspiracy nuts aside)
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This thread has been started primarily to apologise on behalf of forum Admins and owners for the incursions and to warn all members to be on their guard against bogus emails (with attachments) that are engineered to spread the infection and spam bots across networks.
If anyone has any concerns or questions on the above please post them here, we all need to be a little more vigilant with our computers to slow and hopefully curb this digital pestilence.