SPAM Problem on the Board
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 2:02 pm
Hi everybody.
It appears the anti-SPAMBot function of phpBB has been cracked I noticed a lof of new user being registered in the last month and the number of undeliverable eMails to my private Account went skyrocketing. While I was able to fix the problem I am afraid I was not quick enough. I just got wind of a mass private message sent from one of the SPAMBots that got through. I did delete the user and this should have deleted the private message for everybody who did not yet read it.
Just a general Information, I nor any other Forum Admin or Mod will ever send out a mass private message through the Forum without also posting it on the main page!
Of course we will also never ask for your password or ask you to reauthorize yourself. (If that should occur the message will always be from the board itself, not from a user!)
Should you get any more unwanted messages please let me and the staff know immediately so I can take care of the offender!
And now happy posting!
It appears the anti-SPAMBot function of phpBB has been cracked I noticed a lof of new user being registered in the last month and the number of undeliverable eMails to my private Account went skyrocketing. While I was able to fix the problem I am afraid I was not quick enough. I just got wind of a mass private message sent from one of the SPAMBots that got through. I did delete the user and this should have deleted the private message for everybody who did not yet read it.
Just a general Information, I nor any other Forum Admin or Mod will ever send out a mass private message through the Forum without also posting it on the main page!
Of course we will also never ask for your password or ask you to reauthorize yourself. (If that should occur the message will always be from the board itself, not from a user!)
Should you get any more unwanted messages please let me and the staff know immediately so I can take care of the offender!
And now happy posting!