Sta.sh
and I´m reposting it with her permission!Fractal artists, please, read it!!
"BEWARE!!!! I'VE REASON TO BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A TROJAN VIRUS ATTACHED TO THE PARAMETER FILES SENT TO YOU BY EMAIL. BY GAINING OUR PARAMS, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR OWN!!!
I, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER FRACTAL ARTISTS WHO ARE ALSO AFFECTED, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FRACTAL COMMUNITY HERE AT DA (AND BEYOND) AWARE OF A DISTRESSING SITUATION.
SOME MONTHS BACK, A FEW OF US HAD OUR COMPUTERS INFECTED BY A TROJAN PROGRAM THAT RAPED OUR COMPUTERS OF OUR FRACTAL PARAMS. THE CULPRIT WAS A PERSON KNOWN AS DEBORA321. THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS SINCE BEEN BANNED FROM DA. WE STILL HAVE OUR SUSPICIONS ABOUT ANOTHER ARTIST HERE WHO APPEARED ON THE SCENE VERY SHORTLY AFTER.
RECENTLY, I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING NOTE FROM A CONCERNED AND SINCERE ARTIST HERE AT DA........
Today, I received a mail which contained some peculiar data.
It seems like the attached file was a COMPLETE collection of yours and some other from the fractal elite's params.
The file contained: BeesKnees.ufl, CarlX.ufl, Stev0id.ufl, Encrypted1+2.ufl and Fractec.ufl and the message "make good use of this information"
IT WAS A TERRIBLE THING TO HAVE OUR WORK STOLEN, BUT NOW TO HAVE IT CIRCULATING AROUND WITHOUT OUR CONSENT FEELS LIKE A KICK IN THE GUT!!
WE WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL TO THE DECENCY OF THE FRACTAL COMMUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. IF YOU RECEIVE SUCH AN EMAIL WITH OUR PARAMS.... PLEASE, PLEASE, DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY !!!
I KNOW IT'S TEMPTING TO GO THROUGH THEM AND USE THEM, HOWEVER, PLEASE REFLECT ON THESE NEXT THOUGHTS...HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF IT HAD HAPPENED TO YOU?.... AND DO YOU REALLY WANT TO PROFIT FROM SOMETHING DISHONEST AND UNDERHANDED LIKE THIS? ...WOULDN'T THAT JUST ENCOURAGE MORE OF THIS KIND OF THING AND JUSTIFY THE THIEF?
MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP AND GIVE POINTERS TO ONES WHO WANT TO LEARN. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO IT DISHONESTLY.
IN CONCLUSION, AS A FRIEND AND FELLOW ARTIST, I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU'LL DO THE HONEST, KIND THING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THIS.
SINCERELY,
KIRSTY TUDAN
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COPY THIS MESSAGE AND PUT IT IN YOUR OWN JOURNAL TO SPREAD THE WORD, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH"
Sadness 
<) 
"Do you think it is possible for you to shut up?" - Hiei
