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just want to discuss one thing
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Thu May 11, 2006 9:42 pmby Glen
There was thread put up earlier this evening with the above heading. Some members added to it. The links in it were all trojans or viruses. If any member clicked on a link, run an antivirus checker over their machine.
Posted:
Thu May 11, 2006 9:48 pmby owen
Did you get caught out Glen or are you just warning everyone?
Posted:
Thu May 11, 2006 9:53 pmby Glen
I was looking at the links trying to work out if he was directing us to a gambling site or promoting a gambling book as all the links led to one site. Either way I was going to delete the thread. Clicked on one and Mcafee instantly picked it up as a trojan. Goodbye thread and IP ban here we come
Posted:
Thu May 11, 2006 10:11 pmby Paul
Nice work Glen!
I'll run my security software just incase it managed to slip through.
Posted:
Thu May 11, 2006 10:27 pmby gstark
IP banned. Member consigned to the VI bin. Which is way more than this lowlife deserves.
Referring to them as trash is actually quite degrading. To trash.
Posted:
Fri May 12, 2006 3:20 amby Thommo
was it an actual person or bot do you think??
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Fri May 12, 2006 3:50 amby Nnnnsic
Probably a bot.
I've been noticing that we've been getting quite a few of them lately.
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Fri May 12, 2006 4:02 amby MattC
Those bots (and visible (in source) email addresses) are possibly the reason why gmail is filtering 800+ spam messages per week from my account which has only ever been used and visible in this forum.... Unless there is someone out there who reeeeally does not like me
. I am glad I yanked my private address when I did.
Cheers
Posted:
Fri May 12, 2006 6:52 amby birddog114
Glen,
Great works and well done.
After them and give them a flick is the right action.
Posted:
Fri May 12, 2006 9:17 amby gstark
Nnnnsic wrote:Probably a bot.
Unlikely with the visual confirmation required for completion of the signup page.
I'm thinking of changing the signup procedure so that it requires admin approval for activation. It shouldn't be too problematic as we seem to get between 2 and 5 signups daily.
Posted:
Fri May 12, 2006 9:19 amby huynhie
I looked in the poster's profile and saw that he signed up in 2004.
Posted:
Fri May 12, 2006 9:53 amby gstark
huynhie wrote:I looked in the poster's profile and saw that he signed up in 2004.
Andrew,
???
I'm seeing that he signed up yesterday, and his profile information also includes his IP address, which is something that I only recently (earlier this year) added.
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Fri May 12, 2006 10:34 amby huynhie
gstark wrote:huynhie wrote:I looked in the poster's profile and saw that he signed up in 2004.
Andrew,
???
I'm seeing that he signed up yesterday, and his profile information also includes his IP address, which is something that I only recently (earlier this year) added.
I must not have been paying attention properly.
The first thing I check was his profile and there I noticed what I typed earlier. I was expecting that the guy had just signed up. But I guess I was wrong.