Check it now. Earlier today, I wasn't seeing an Avatar for Scum at all, and assumed that it had been removed. I haven't had any of these problems & think now my security just blocked it from showing.
So, just modified his profile to 'No Avatar' since there was a URL showing in the window. Noticed there was 'torrents' in the text line along with the '.ru' as the country identifier. When I changed it to 'No Avatar' the URL disappeared from the text line. Hitting 'Save Changes' gave me the message that the profile had been changed successfully. So, it should be gone now for the rest of you.