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Message 110504 - Posted: 20 Nov 2022, 15:42:10 UTC

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
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Message 110505 - Posted: 20 Nov 2022, 15:46:36 UTC - in response to Message 110504.  

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
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So, this is something a spammer just tried and that everyone missed out on.

In Firefox the last URL doesn't show in the mouse-over which caused the alarm bells for me. Clicking on the spammers link tried to immediately download his stuff. It won't do that here, as there's no payload on the BOINC website.
In Chrome however the link showed in the same colour and without a link underline as the rest of the text.

All because of the quotes.
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Message 110509 - Posted: 20 Nov 2022, 16:07:20 UTC

'Copy link address' (right-click in Chrome) renders the last one as

http://%22https//boinc.berkeley.edu/%22
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