Adium - getting random SPAM messages

[hekokimushi]

Hi guys

i have manually set Privacy Level to: All Accounts; Allow only contacts on my contact list.

but every now and then, i recieve some kinda spam with a website from some e-mail that even a 6 years old knows it is fake. when then recheck the privacy level. it reverts to: Block certain contacts...

any ideas why??? any spamming software being naughty??

~h~

 

[hekokimushi]

come on??? no one knows anything or had experience similar events?

 

[integragsr]

I had the same issue last nite, I got a random message with a website link from some armando13389910@hotmail.com.

Does anybody else had the same message?

 

[antibact1]

Adium for some reason sets bad default privacy settings. Go to Adium -> Privacy Settings, then set it so only contacts on your list can contact you.

 

[darkcurse]

Well if they're already on your contacts list then there's pretty much nothing you can do. However, if they're "new" contacts then use something like the Challenge/Response plugin to block it. Set your question and answer, and stop being bothered by these random messages