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BEWARE OF SPAM

#1 Post by miskox » 29 Jun 2010 15:32

As you can see this forum got hacked (see user ReteddyOdor).

Admin, please take appropriate actions.

Saso

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Re: BEWARE OF SPAM

#2 Post by aGerman » 29 Jun 2010 16:03

If you notice a post that doesn't belong to the forum, login and open it. In the lower right corner of the post you will find an exclamation mark. Click it to alert the administrator.

BTW: I did it for these three postings of ReteddyOdor.

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Re: BEWARE OF SPAM

#3 Post by miskox » 30 Jun 2010 00:36

I hope Admin will do something about this. Phpbb forums are easy to hack (according to google searches).

The problem is that it is very easy to steal passwords from all of us.

It is never good to read such posts.

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Re: BEWARE OF SPAM

#4 Post by admin » 11 Jul 2010 14:23

Thanks guys!

I can ensure you that the dostips forum has never been hacked since it became alive in Feb 2006. It is true though that anyone can create a member name manually and start posting. Looks like I should check more often for spam and remove unwanted posts more frequently.
Thanks aGerman for pointing out the exclamation mark. I was wondering why nobody is using it, turns out that the notification doesn't work and I'll have to investigate.
So far it has been k! (k! is a user name) writing me PM messages whenever he discovers spam. - THANKS k!

A PM to admin is a pretty safe way to get immediate attention.

Thanks everybody and happy posting!
admin

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