Artists be aware! [Important! Please Read!]

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DISCLAIMER:

Please Aboslutely DO NOT Harass, Attack, Spam, Flood, and Make Death Threats to the person in QUESTION. This is an awareness journal. I highly suggest to just Block the person in question and also report them if you could. Again, DO NOT Harass, Attack, Spam, Flood, and make Death threats as you could get reported and get in trouble for doing so.
Thank you.

UPDATE!! - 6/10/2017: 


I am guessing he/she has returned once again on another account? I am not sure exactly if THIS is indeed the same person who got banned from DeviantArt, however the actions remain the same even if worded differently.

Now one of the Artists Ive been watching on DA a long while now, made a journal that linked to this journal here:
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The journal saying that a user akashi4242 , sent a message to him/her that was spreading disguised link that can give you a virus, sounds familiar right?

Now as shown in the journal was a screenshot of this:

Seems a bit similar even though word differently and plus without the "dont steal my draw". just the same little motive of "original is here". :/ 

Now I dont know, again, if this is indeed the SAME person, however, motives are the same which is claiming your art that the person comments saying its theirs and its "stolen" and showing the "original link" 

Do Not click the link! I think there is a way to see if the link has malware or if its disguised but im not entirely sure 100% if there is any. Maybe? Either way just dont click the link.

I suggest the following:
If you got a message from akashi4242 immediantly BLOCK the user and immediantly report it and hide the comment SO no one can be able to see the comment and click the link. :/ 

Do report it to DeviantArt Staff about it.
Just block the user, if you received a message from him/her hide the comment or report it so it automatically hides the comment so others wont be able to click the link. 

Please stay safe!!!

UPDATE!! - 5/29/2017: 


ricksanchez138 has deactivated/banned. I am unsure if he/she got banned but either way he/she is gone!!
HOWEVER,
if someone new or such comes around bringing the same messages like ricksanchez138 was doing BLOCK THEM so they wont send you the message and the virus link. 

Thank you everyone for sharing my journal and other journals related to this situation to bring this awareness to the community to keep everyone safe. ^_^

I'll update the journal if somehow the person returns or such. 
again thank you everyone!

UPDATE!!: 

Thank you alot of you lovelies for sharing my journal to help spread the word. New Information has been added onto this situation of this person even about what kind of Virus this person is trying to have people click on without knowing the link is a virus that can seriously screw up your computer

Thanks to this lovely peep, MinxTK , she shared my journal and have also added really good info about what kind of Virus ricksanchez138 was trying to give to those he tries to target.
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There is also a video that MinxTK has linked into her journal above, that explains what the Virus can do
[Click here to see the video]

britheinkling has said the following in the video about the virus is this:

"This "Drawling.exe" is a Dynamic DNS Attack that tries and open access to you computer(s) so they can cause havic on you."

So yes this kind of virus is VERY serious.
PLEASE BLOCK ricksanchez138 AND REPORT HIM TO DEVIANTART STAFF
THE MORE REPORTS TO THE DA ADMINS THE BETTER.

What ricksanchez138 is doing is sick and wrong and it needs to END.

Please again stay safe from ricksanchez138
stay safe everyone!

If you receive the messages he sends [examples of those are down below] what you should do is block him, hide the comment so NO ONE will see his comment and click on the link and report ricksanchez138


WARNING please spread this
^ Info on the personis located here.
Click it to read.

Okay-

my reaction to what the person is doing...


No seriously

Are. you. kidding me?!


So,
The person in question,ricksanchez138 , is targeting Pony Artists and also other artsits, and is and I quote from Ruefers's Journal linked above,

"There is some asshole running around trying to get people to download a suspicious program"

ricksanchez138 is trying to get whoever is Targeting, commenting to them and CLAIMS that the person who they commented to "Stole" their artwork [or in this persons case "stole their draw"] and sends them a suspicious link.

The Messages Examples:

^ Screenshot that was on Ruefers's Journal 

and another screenshot from another user
Report This Fucker by CocoRenoco
^ The user who posted this screenshot, showing receiving the same message from ricksanchez138


Yeah, so the person makes the claim you stole their draw and send a link which is

A VIRUS.


I highly suggest is to block and report the person off.

Also note that its not just pony artists that get these kinds of messages , other artists apparently get these kinds of messages.


If you have encountered receiving this message, block them, report them, and hide their comment so others wont click on the link.

Hopefully this ridiculous kind of thing ends because wow....are some people that low to blame someone for something they didn't do and just, want to do infect them with a virus of some kind? like? really?
Apparently that user who send those messages to those two peeps have no life :iconfacepalmplz:

Please stay safe everyone.
Hug 


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risingstar1011's avatar
Brony hate to the max. Get a life, you losers. Thanks for the PSA.