The site also has its share of online threats. In 2012, our very own Chris Boyd found a XSS (cross-site scripting) phishing run and fake software served on it. In 2013, Boyd found spam links being shared on the site that lead to various other sites.
Recently, we have found accounts created on dA that were about 1-2 weeks old spamming links of downloadable electronic books. Doing a simple search for downloadable PDF within the site shows these spammy posts:
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