If you get an invitation of join a site called Tubely AVOID IT! I got an invitation from an old friend and joined. After bypassing tons of spam offers I reached the main pages and was tired so didn't go into the chat area. Good thing! I have now read that this site captures your email contacts without telling you and begins inviting people to join. If you go into their chat area you will get viruses and trojans according to a review site I just visited. So if you get such an invitation and at least two people here have, delete it IMMEDIATELY! Why people set these harmful things up on the internet is beyond me! There should be jail time for doing it!
— David DeWitt
Anonymous
March 26, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Thanks David for finding this out! I better do a full scan – as per our conversation!
Anonymous
March 27, 2011 at 5:50 am
I think problems only occur if you go into the chat room on the site! I avoid all chat rooms, on any site like the plague! Ha! But it is annoying to think that someone will set up a program to steal your contacts and use them to promote a site like this! It is not a real social site just an email address gathering site to get you put onto spam lists. Ugh!
Anonymous
March 27, 2011 at 8:19 am
There are some smart (with devious intentions) people out there, a few months ago I was the innocent victim (like many more) of an EBAY hacker, then the identity theft started, lots of hassle to put it right again. New passwords etc. So, watch out for messages you don't expect, most viruses come with attachments, if you open them, too late!!
Anonymous
March 27, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Hi Tina,
I got a request yesterday to join and the email was sent using your email address to me. Just curious if you extended the invite or if it got your address book?
Thanks for posting this David!
Patti
Anonymous
March 27, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Hi Patti;
Oh no! I would never do such thing! I got an e-mail that David wanted to be my friend and of course I accepted it, but when they started to ask funny questions I went out of it, but maybe to late as they had my e-mail address by then as I had to enter it. I did as David asked me to do and canceled my entry. I hope this will not have any repercussions.
Btw, it is great to see you back on the blog!
Anonymous
March 27, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Same here, Tina, I got the message from you and started to register but broke off as well. Terrible things they are doing with us!
Anonymous
March 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm
This is awful! I wonder where this is going to go? Frighting!
Anonymous
March 28, 2011 at 11:58 am
Thanks Tina. It is funny because I had just sent you over an email two days before I got the request. Then I also accepted the Tubely thing because I thought it was from you. I went through a few quetions and exited. I went back and canceled the entry also. How horrible, huh? I wonder if I need to clean up my computer?
Anonymous
March 28, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Hi Patti;
Oh my – I have to have a look at my e-mails! I didn't do that for a while as usually I don't get much what is of great interest and in particular as I have to make a choice with the little free time I have at present. Please forgive me my tardiness!
I have no idea what to do about this “Tubely”? I canceled and still got yesterday two requests for friendship but I just deleted them.
I also scanned my computer – so far so good! I hope no disastrous viruses will hit us, hope I think is all we have!
See you around again!
Tina