Posted: 2007-10-23 09:22:46

Please be advised that ALL displays of any images on the RATF pages which include the External RATF site, are for noncommercial research purposes to further our investigative efforts in connection with possible infringements and we will remove images immediately once we identify the information required or have authorization from the copyright owner to continue displaying the works.

On this website we are able to provide to you the full story of a rip investigation on one page for easier reading. The RippedArtTaskForce has asked for and received the ok to use DA thumbnails for informational purposes only on this website. All thumbs refer to the orginal artists dev giving them credit for their work. If for any reason you do not wish for your thumbnail to be displayed on this website please note me on my devart account and give me the name of the webpage and a reference to what thumbnail you wish to have removed from this website and I will do so immediately.

WARNING TO VOLUNTEERS

PLEASE BE AWARE, there is the distinct possibility that you may search a site that will put you at the risk to get viruses, Trojans or Spy/Malware!! Please keep your anti-virus signatures up to date and do frequent scans. Having more than one AV and/or Trojan programs is better. There is NO perfect protection, but we recommend (we get nothing from this) that you download the free version of McAfee SiteAdvisor. [link] It resides on your toolbar and warns of problem sites. You STILL must use common sense, though! If you wish to not do searches for RATF because of this we will understand. While searching two nights ago, 1arcticfox had a malware/Trojan deposited on her computer called “Error Safe”. It masquerades as a Microsoft notice box, asking you to download “Error Safe” to check for errors in your registry. She did NOT download this, but still was infected and is still dealing with that – even though she runs 3 Anti-virus programs and has 2 firewalls! More information on this will be available soon.

AN ADDED UPDATE NOTE---
If you use the firefox internet browser and download the No-Script Plugin you will be able to prevent the javascript / java / flash plugins that are used by malicious websites to install viruses and trojans while you are searching questionable websites for stolen art.
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RATF Disclaimer

We are working as hard and as fast as possible to deal with all the information coming in. We are swamped and apologize - respond times to comments/questions may be slow. We are not perfect note us if there is an oversight it is not intentional. Comments left on the RATF site by others - are THEIR opinions not necessarily ours. We need volunteers who will uphold the volunteer code of ethics. We WILL NOT tolerate unprofessional conduct or illegal or unorthodox methods period. This is not a vigilante task force. We simply want to help people with their art theft and copyright issues. We are volunteers and do not deserve abuse, we are merely assisting you to resolve your rip issues!