Non stop spam threads today!!! Hacked?

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  1. Blizzard_Persona

    Blizzard_Persona Senior Member

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    Hey there Danny,

    I'm sure your aware, but if not here is a heads up...

    You might want to or have the mods look into the non stop barrage of spam threads, probably hundreds now in the, v section and now I am seeing some in the C section…..just tap new posts and its nothing but those type threads..

    There're way too many to report, and it seems that they are coming from multiple accounts...

    Some have offensive symbols/ words in the titles…

    These scumbags have noting better to do!

    FYI
     
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    wow, i've seen the bot on other forums, but first time here.
     
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    Everyone else is seeing them right? Hopefully I'm not going loony?... or am I?

    I thought there would be a lot more people complaining...
     
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    merry Christmas!:cool:
     
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    Merry Christmas to you and yours as well.

    Merry Christmas to all.
     
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    They are being cleaned up as we speak.
    Looks like a weak point in the security has been discovered.
     
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    I think I got them all. Please report any others that you see. Sorry for filling many of your inboxes on Christmas with that trash.

    Merry Christmas!
     
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    Thank you Sir,

    Merry Christmas

    Only other thing I'Ve noticed has been that people that used to have avatars now only have that white / blue head silouette?

    Not everyone but am seeing a lot of those….Seems random? Easyrider and Bisco from above posts, I am seeing as the silhouette..
     
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    i've never added an avatar. yours is coming thru fine.
     
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    Thank you guys for cleaning that up on Christmas morning!

    "Bad kids get coal in their stocking, good kids get Solar!"
     
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    Yep, that's the default avatar.
     
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    Easy explanation for that: I have never HAD an avatar. I suspect that Bisco hasn't either.
    The default may be different now that it was before.
     
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    Gotcha, thanks…

    Have been on my MAC today, normally am on my I Phone, The setup looks a little different on the mobile site that I'm used to and I guess I'm not used to seeing the big silouette on folks that don't have an avatar.. so disregard… all is well… :)

    This Explains it, makes sense! lol..

    :)
     
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    oh man, danny's working Christmas morning, :eek:must have scrooge for a boss.:p
     
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    Speaking of avatars, yours is upside down. :D
     
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    Nope, Thats just My Westie being silly, she likes laying on her back like that all stretched out ;)
     
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    I saw them much earlier today, most of them seemed to originate from India - I sent Danny an e-mail, and looks like he was right on the ball, and with any luck that will be the end of it. Thanks again Danny, and Merry Christmas to you all, and all the best for 2015! Wil & The ChuggyPig
     
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    Rock On Danny!!
    This is one of the best run Forums out there, thanks for all your efforts, Merry Christmas & HNY!!!
     
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    That spammer is back!.

    The good news, my regular email box has seen spam fall off very sharply the past few days.
     
    #19 fuzzy1, Dec 25, 2014
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    Wil, it was your email that brought it to my attention, actually, so thank you.

    I've set all new registrations to be manually approved by an admin, so that should slow it all down until I can find a permanent solution.
     
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