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Description
Maybe you've read articles or journals about attempts to steal your dA username and password.

The threat is real and I thought it wouldn't hurt to show what it's all about.

It starts with a comment or a note, which includes a link you are asked to click.

If you click that link, it takes you to a fake deviantART website, which looks a lot like the dA log-in page. There are two important differences:
1. The webpage link showing in the address field, at the top, is "[link] ".
2. The fake dA webpage has a "New Profiles" link besides the "Go" button.

On the real dA login page, the webpage link should start with "[link] " and there's no "New Profiles" link.

Please download the image to see all the details.

Note:
I use Mozilla Firefox as my internet browser and when I clicked the link to the fake dA website, it didn't take me there, instead it showed me a "Reported Web Forgery" message.
When I tried the same link in Internet Explorer, the browser happily took me to the fake dA website.

Description
Maybe you've read articles or journals about attempts to steal your dA username and password.

The threat is real and I thought it wouldn't hurt to show what it's all about.

It starts with a comment or a note, which includes a link you are asked to click.

If you click that link, it takes you to a fake deviantART website, which looks a lot like the dA log-in page. There are two important differences:
1. The webpage link showing in the address field, at the top, is "[link] ".
2. The fake dA webpage has a "New Profiles" link besides the "Go" button.

On the real dA login page, the webpage link should start with "[link] " and there's no "New Profiles" link.

Please download the image to see all the details.

Note:
I use Mozilla Firefox as my internet browser and when I clicked the link to the fake dA website, it didn't take me there, instead it showed me a "Reported Web Forgery" message.
When I tried the same link in Internet Explorer, the browser happily took me to the fake dA website.