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« Topic Start: February 07, 2010, 07:01:01 PM »

If ANY of you got an email from an account here at the Oasis Called ForumTeam, do NOT follow the link. Just delete the email immediately. It was yet another spammer. I'm looking to find out now how we can block this kind of insanity in the future. So sorry, folks. Sad

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« Reply #1: February 08, 2010, 12:14:27 AM »

Stoopid spammers!  I really hate those fools.  Anyway, don't know if this will be any help, but . . .

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=427852
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« Reply #2: February 09, 2010, 08:03:30 PM »

Thank you for the info Kielen it was even in my pm Box but i have deleted the message
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« Reply #3: February 10, 2010, 05:00:51 AM »

I didn't get the email. Spammers and hackers are scums of the internet.  Speechless
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« Reply #4: February 10, 2010, 10:27:28 AM »

I didn't either, and I agree 100000% Aussie!
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« Reply #5: February 10, 2010, 12:13:50 PM »

Yeah, I did some hunting, and it looks like they were just trolling through profiles sending emails and pm's. Sad The account is gone now, I've added more restrictions on registration, and instituted restrictions on accounts with less than 5 posts. People will still be able to see everything, but the ability to pm and several other things have been removed. Hopefully this will make a major dent in the spammers.
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« Reply #6: February 10, 2010, 12:23:23 PM »

Good plan Kielen! Surprised And yeah Aussie, spammers and hackers suck. Speechless
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« Reply #7: February 10, 2010, 12:24:05 PM »

I didn't get any pm or email either, but I think the changes you made will help out tons Kielen.  Not One Care Stoopid...Stupid Spammers  Annoyed
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« Reply #8: February 10, 2010, 12:34:30 PM »

Particularly stupid of them to hit this forum, we all are banded together to oust them in a heartbeat! LOL!  The five-post-minimum ought to do the trick though Kielen, spammers are all hit-and-run types  Tease

But that said, I've got a guestbook on my website, it gets hit with about 50 or so spammers a day.  They keep trying though the security is tight and none of them have ever gotten through it (can't they see my clean guestbook?)  And they've all been warned their message will never appear till I A-OK it first.  I just have to wonder why they still try?  It can't be profitable, and it's got to be a huge waste of time and effort?  Annoyed  I guess I'm expecting them to act and think like a normal human being, my expectations are obviously, way too high.
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« Reply #9: February 10, 2010, 01:02:57 PM »

That is a great idea kielen and great decision as well
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« Reply #10: February 10, 2010, 04:59:14 PM »

Thanks Kielen for sorting it out

I got the pm and opened it I had to run adaware on my pc afterwards.
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« Reply #11: February 10, 2010, 10:30:03 PM »

Did AdAware catch anything Julie?  *curious*
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« Reply #12: February 11, 2010, 10:00:19 AM »

Yeah it was running slow I ran adware and it found a dangerous malware program which I removed and computer is fine now
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« Reply #13: February 11, 2010, 10:04:32 AM »

Stoopid malware!!  Though I have to admit, it's a bit satisfying when your ad/maleware scanners catch something . . .
Take that evil spammers!!!  Evil Laugh
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« Reply #14: February 14, 2010, 06:54:25 AM »

lmao I opened that email while I was at school Angry Needless to say, I can't log into any PC on campus for a week
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