Spam attack!! 16:04 GMT +1: forum being abused...

[Kubikali]

Who is going to stop him! :mad:

[sniperUK]

Who is going to stop him! :mad:

None of the mods online, I tried to phone Shuttle but no luck:mad:

[Kubikali]

And it is more than one now... Clarksonesque thoughts are boiling up!!

[FURBALL]

Rogue threads appearing with lots of links. I think it would be unwise to click on any of them. It all looks very dodgy - about as diecast as a bananna:wacko: :confused: :mad:

[eismeer]

Yep, just for safety sake i wouldn't advise clicking on any of the atached links:eek:

[Agent X20]

mmmm...... diecast bananas......

prefer Donuts...

.....seems a few have slipped through the net...:(

[sniperUK]

trying to get Shuttle by other means.

[Agent X20]

None of the mods online, I tried to phone Shuttle but no luck:mad:

Had a very old phone no for CFBC but he's out and about as well..

[eismeer]

Just had a look on the "who's on-line" section and there are quite a few new members joined and a lot more in the process of registering.

Not sure how many new members join per day but looks like shuttle could have his work load on here needlessly enhanced tonight having to delete spammers:(

[Scuba11]

Any Mods about, mass spam attack seems to be taking place on most threads with some 'new members'

[The Defiant Man]

Friggin' Togo of all places!:mad:


...and Laos & Cape Verde......:wacko:

[Davidte2007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITeuaqcpckc :rolleyes: :D

[KO-B]

Thought they had to get approved by 'The Management' before they could post?:unsure:

KO-B

[conversionwing]

I can't be bothered to translate all of the messages but one of them seems to be enquiring why someone has delivered 2000 large boxes to his house with 'Fragile - Corgi Stirling enclosed' written on the outer crate

[admin]

Working on it. :)

[admin]

It look's like we had a glitch in the forum software and some spammers have got through the system

These have now been removed and I am now working on removing infected threads. ;) :)

[von hitchofen]

kill 'em all, let god sort 'em out :LOL:

might need a Spam reporting thread after this....

[tsr2]

Has any of our personal information been compromised?

[admin]

Has any of our personal information been compromised?

No.

As Admin I authorise the new members and this lunchtime a small amount of the "spammers" were authorised into the wrong section of the forum instead of being deleted.

We were not hacked, more of ticking the wrong tick box as I can see. :o

Hence, no information was compromised. ;) :)

[tsr2]

No.

As Admin I authorise the new members and this lunchtime a small amount of the "spammers" were authorised into the wrong section of the forum instead of being deleted.

We were not hacked, more of ticking the wrong tick box as I can see. :o

Hence, no information was compromised. ;) :)

Thanks Admin :)

[admin]

Two threads merged and moved into website forums and topics. :)

All threads tidied-up.

Please post here if I have missed any. Thank you.

[highnoon1966]

Thanks Admin :)

Excellent clean up operation Admin :)

[boris]

kill 'em all, let god sort 'em out :LOL:

might need a Spam reporting thread after this....


Are you related to Jeremy Clarkson!!

[Davidte2007]

:) Fried the Fritters ;)

:D Thanks admin :D

[Martin Bull]

I've obtained exclusive Forum footage of Shuttle confronting one of our Spammers....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qvuRgIfH20&feature=related

:eek: :unsure:

[DCRanger]

Spam is best battered and fried!!!!

Well done Admin.:)

[Christian]

Missed all the fuss, as it was quickly and efficiently dealt with by Admin. :cool

Good show........what? :D

[The Defiant Man]

one of them seems to be enquiring why someone has delivered 2000 large boxes to his house with 'Fragile - Corgi Stirling enclosed' written on the outer crate

:LOL: :LOL:


Good clean-up work admin.....:)

[admin]

I would also like to thank Agent (I think) for phoning me this afternoon to warn me. I was however smack bang in the middle of a 2012 budget meeting so could not leave or do anything. I listened to the message, but did not digest the name.

As soon as I got home with a 2 1/2 yr old hanging around and playing Peppa Pig, then went straight to work. ;) :)

Thanks guys. Enjoy. :)

[kevjb64]

Top job . :)

[KO-B]

Good work that man, thank you!:)

KO-B

[Edward Papazian]

Second all of the above kudos.:)

[Agent X20]

I would also like to thank Agent (I think) for phoning me this afternoon to warn me. I was however smack bang in the middle of a 2012 budget meeting so could not leave or do anything. I listened to the message, but did not digest the name.

As soon as I got home with a 2 1/2 yr old hanging around and playing Peppa Pig, then went straight to work. ;) :)

Thanks guys. Enjoy. :)

She-ite ... Me phones been hacked.........:D :D :D

No problem.........

[Craig]

Sorry guys, was parent's evennig last night so stuck in work while late. Seems that Admin has been onto it anyway though :)

[shuttle]

Just got in from work so sorry I missed all the fun....!

:eek: Shuttle

[Tundra04]

I noticed some interesting names popping up in the "Currently Active Users" section the past few evenings. Guess "they" were up to no good?

[eismeer]

Well done chaps:)

[Tundra04]

I noticed some interesting names popping up in the "Currently Active Users" section the past few evenings. Guess "they" were up to no good?

Hmmm...the interesting names are starting to pop-up again.:(

[admin]

Hmmm...the interesting names are starting to pop-up again.:(

They can register, cannot stop that, however they cannot post! They get deleted every week or so. ;) :)

Don't worry! :unsure:

[admin]

Just got in from work so sorry I missed all the fun....!

:eek: Shuttle

Makes a change :LOL: :LOL:

[minter]

dont wish to sound fick, but what do these spammers hope to achieve ?

[Paul F]

Seems to have been a lot of it (i.e. iffy internet use) about lately - I've received four or five emails from "expired" former email addresses of contacts over the last couple of weeks. At least one of them was from someone who died six months ago - hence easy to spot it was fake (or that someone had hacked her account).

At least one other forum I use seems to have been "visited" by similar rogues.

Why the sudden upsurge in cyber attacks....? I guess it goes on all the time, but it seems to have been more visible (to me) recently?

And, as per Mr Mint's question, what do they hope to achieve in hacking a forum?

[lmisbtn]

mmmm...... diecast bananas......



diecast banana?

Yes please!

http://photovalet.com/MYAV04P06_12.html

[KO-B]

diecast banana?

Yes please!

http://photovalet.com/MYAV04P06_12.html

Looks like one of tc2324's WHIFs...:LOL:

KO-B

[Tundra04]

They can register, cannot stop that, however they cannot post! They get deleted every week or so. ;) :)

Don't worry! :unsure:
No worries, just an observation!:) I knew you guys had it under control;) :cool:

[von hitchofen]

dont wish to sound fick, but what do these spammers hope to achieve ?


And, as per Mr Mint's question, what do they hope to achieve in hacking a forum?

mostly the insertion of hyperlinks to boost search engine ranking - weight loss, pharmacy, illegal downloads and porn being the most regular links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamdexing

:(

has been of much concern on the SF forum I frequent, leading to the appointment of a mod solely to pursue and and destroy spam posts and threads, and the creation of a thread for other forumites to warn him of such abuses

it would be a shame if we needed one here....