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Old 02-11-2010, 04:18 AM
Camiel
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Re: Spam
They keep making new member names. I now get spammed by ModeratorTeam
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Old 02-11-2010, 07:30 AM
mkb
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Re: Spam
Now, why do I get emails from private messages but not emails from forum replies? Hmm.
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:05 AM
Mike
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Re: Spam
Is there any plugin we can use to prevent this spam?
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Old 02-11-2010, 01:02 PM
stimpee
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Re: Spam
I have a copy of Advanced IP Ban Manager for vBulletin 3.6/3.7/3.8. It can be implemented fairly painlessly but the instructions say that its heavily recommended to do a db backup. I'm an admin, but i dont have file system access to check and see if there is filespace to make the backup. Me and Yannick being a few timezones away doesnt help communication.
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Old 02-11-2010, 02:06 PM
Sappys Curry
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 155
Re: Spam
Um, I just got a PM from some "RootModeratorX" or something like that saying he is an administrator here. He said I have a virus and that I should click on the URL given to have a system check. Before this, I saw a message that said "Would you like a reader receipt?". I clicked yes on the reader receipt. I reread the message and was hesitant on clicking on the URL given, and then I looked at the name of the person sending the PM and saw that he is banned (said so under his name).

So I suspect he is trying to spread viruses, or at the least, promote a virus scan site. I didn't click on the URL. Is there a problem with clicking yes on the reader receipt? Is that something to be suspicious of (I'm fearing the worst, like it slipped in a trojan my anti-virus software didn't catch)?

Or does clicking yes on the message that popped up mean nothing bad? My anti-virus software is good (Avast).
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Old 02-11-2010, 10:35 PM
Strangelet
rico suave
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: lost in a romance
Posts: 815
Re: Spam
um.. about 2 or 3 am last night my computer was hijacked by malware, specifically Spywareguard 2008. I really have no idea where I got it. It was a work computer so I was behind some fairly substantial layers of proxies and firewalls. Not to mention the fact that my being at work meant I was not indulging in any gentlemanly proclivities. (my little pony cos-play porn yay!) What I did just do however is go through my private messages on this site.

The first thing that happened was fire fox hanged and the adobe reader helper process crashed.

Took 3 hours of safe mode quarantining with various tools to eradicated it.

just an fyi
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Old 02-12-2010, 08:33 PM
TheBang
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sunny Hawaii
Posts: 4,840
Re: Spam
OK, finally found the IP banning section of the Admin CP, and added ModeratorTeam's IP to it (six other accounts from that IP too).

We may, however, need a more dynamic blocking tool, so I will look into that and try to get in touch with yan too.
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Old 02-14-2010, 09:02 AM
froopy seal
amazinglytogetherpinniped
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Re: Spam
Quote:
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gentlemanly proclivities
Thank you for a most beautiful addition to my vocabulary!
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Old 02-15-2010, 08:58 AM
ThingInABook
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 532
Re: Spam
'sup.

i've recieved two PMs with spam. silly bots.
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Old 02-16-2010, 06:44 AM
ndrwrld
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Location: Hamilton, Ontario CANADA
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Re: Spam
i log in here about every week, and every week, there's close to 10 spamizms from these wankers.
and finally, a message back from Oceanic !
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