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BEWARE OF SPAM
Posted: 29 Jun 2010 15:32
by miskox
As you can see this forum got hacked (see user ReteddyOdor).
Admin, please take appropriate actions.
Saso
Re: BEWARE OF SPAM
Posted: 29 Jun 2010 16:03
by aGerman
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.
Regards
aGerman
Re: BEWARE OF SPAM
Posted: 30 Jun 2010 00:36
by miskox
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.
Saso
Re: BEWARE OF SPAM
Posted: 11 Jul 2010 14:23
by admin
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