Monstar

Generally, for racing or other sports things like football/soccer games, just know what security looks like and where they are stationed. Spot the women bathroom alongside if they have a specific help number you can call or text in case of emergency that is not 911 or the countries equivalent so in case of emergency they can help you faster.

Also, check if the GP you are going is part of the "where is PANAMA" initiative or something similar. This is just an initiative that gives people a safe word to communicate that they are in distress without necessary making the situation escalate. Airports have something similar with hand signals.

And if you are really paranoid about stuff, body glitter and strongly scented glitter spray to the face will keep most creeps away, especially in situations like this where you might not be allowed to bring in paper spray. Besides that, all the same rules that apply for the bar and club apply for the GP.

See that bit at the bottom? Don't do that. Insert ParamedicGuy.gif going "Don't."

Other malicious spam comments I've gotten seemed designed to make an author question their writing, or outright encourage them to delete their stories from AO3. This one is different, in that it tries to get you to destroy the work on your own computer.

If you ran that command, it basically locates your Documents folder, then deletes everything in it, including all subfolders. It also does it without any prompt, so you have no chance to second guess your actions.

This is just fucking trolling.

Coincidentally, we just did training on a cyberattack similar to this, called a ClickFix attack. You can read about how that works here.

As a general rule, if ANYONE or ANY WEBSITE tells you unsolicited* to do anything in Powershell, CMD RUN, command prompt, shell command, or something similar, DON'T.

*There are legit reasons for running commands in PowerShell or the command prompt, but in those cases you are likely seeking out a solution to a problem you are already experiencing. Don't just run random commands on your computer as recommended by some unlogged-in guest on a fan fiction site.

Always think and consider before taking action, and get a second opinion from a trusted source. When I got this comment I was pretty sure what the command would do, and it took me about three seconds of googling to confirm it.

AO3 WILL NEVER EVER CONTACT YOU VIA A COMMENT UNDER YOUR WORK. EVER.

Is not worth the spam. Is not worth the trolling. Is not worth the hate comments. Is not worth the harassment.