Ugh spam
- Nathan Bransford
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Ugh spam
Hey guys,
Sorry, I'm trying to deal with all this spam. Hoping to get it fixed soon.
Sorry, I'm trying to deal with all this spam. Hoping to get it fixed soon.
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Great! I was concerned Bransforums might become untenable due to the spam overload.
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- Nathan Bransford
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Writing forum is clear, hope to get to the rest as soon as I can.polymath wrote:Great! I was concerned Bransforums might become untenable due to the spam overload.
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Yay, was starting to wonder if the forums had been abandoned.
From the number of posts, and the content, I'm guessing it was script bots running against the forms. If you aren't already running it, probably would be good to upgrade to the latest version of phpBB (3.0.12).
From the number of posts, and the content, I'm guessing it was script bots running against the forms. If you aren't already running it, probably would be good to upgrade to the latest version of phpBB (3.0.12).
Writer of love stories and host of "The Lackadaisical Writer" podcast
Debut novel, Aisuru, coming in 2014!
Official Website: http://anmanatsu.com
Debut novel, Aisuru, coming in 2014!
Official Website: http://anmanatsu.com
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Three cheers to our host for the industrial-grade clean-up! Man, that was a lot of garbage.
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Indeed. More spam than monty python convention in hawaii attempting to break the record for longest continuous performance of a single sketch.
Think it hit like 50 pages before it stopped.....effing mental. I wish I knew what the point is...I presume it's SEO related
Think it hit like 50 pages before it stopped.....effing mental. I wish I knew what the point is...I presume it's SEO related
- Nathan Bransford
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Yeah, it was pretty crazy to clean up! Sorry it took so long, I had a friend in town so I wasn't on my normal Internet schedule. I deleted the bots and changed the security question so hopefully we'll be okay for a while. Thanks for your patience.
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Out of curiosity, Nathan are you pretty much the only mod at this point?
Writer of love stories and host of "The Lackadaisical Writer" podcast
Debut novel, Aisuru, coming in 2014!
Official Website: http://anmanatsu.com
Debut novel, Aisuru, coming in 2014!
Official Website: http://anmanatsu.com
- Nathan Bransford
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There are others, but I think they're not as active - thanks for the spam reports!AnmaNatsu wrote:Out of curiosity, Nathan are you pretty much the only mod at this point?
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