Malware hits Freelancers at Fiverr... Take care!

[adrover]

Today I got a generic message with an attachment. I asked them to paste the text into the chat. When they finally did, get this: they wanted me to sign up for their site and pay THEM $25 to start working for them.

[workacholic12]

While I love to tell what is wrong with fiverr, this time I have to say, they do a fairly good job on fake accounts spreading malware or have any other type of harmful contact with buyers. They get disabled pretty fast.

Also, some commons sense is needed from sellers. If someone writes you a short message, and attaches a file, just push back, no real client looks like that.

This happened to me yesterday - a seller asked me to open a doc titled sample.docx. Download and click the link next thing I know… today all of these random ads pop up from chrome… never has this ever happened- I removed all extensions etc… any other tips?