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Spammers on the site

Post by Brooner » Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:32 am

hi Phil

Don't know if your aware but quite a few spammers on the forums selling trainers
And what looks like online games
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by PhilT » Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:54 pm

Looks like a got them all. Thanks for the heads up.
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by Brooner » Tue Sep 08, 2020 2:54 pm

Np
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by Fatneck73 » Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:38 am

Is this just me getting all this <beep> ??
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by Brooner » Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:32 am

im getting the same spam
Looks like the site has been hit again
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by mikep99 » Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:34 am

nope - me as well.....

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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by Nige_RS4 » Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:39 am

Yep, and me, will drop Phil a pm.
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by Fatneck73 » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:13 am

Is this more?
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by Fatneck73 » Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:16 am

And more
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by simundo777 » Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:08 pm

Its everyday now, how hard can it be to make the site more secure?
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by PhilT » Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:39 am

simundo777 wrote:
Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:08 pm
Its everyday now, how hard can it be to make the site more secure?
The site is secure. Differentiating between genuine users and spammers is very hard.
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by Fatneck73 » Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:17 pm

Dont get us wrong PhilT, site is very secure - you do an awesome job. Well done and thankyou. And I should know, i still visit it every single say.

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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by Brooner » Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:34 pm

Yes phil
You do a great job for no reward
And if the poster had been on the site more regularly he would appreciate your efforts as most of us that use the site do
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by simundo777 » Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:17 pm

@PhilT apologies I didn't articulate my point very well and fully understand the hard work that goes into maintaining a forum it's just recently the "new posts" section has literally been full of spam.
I'm a regular user of M3cutters and very rarely does that an issue so I was just making a comparison.

@Brooner I use the forum most days (albeit only more recently) so certainly not dissing the efforts of the owners / mods.
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Re: Spammers on the site

Post by PhilT » Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:28 pm

No hard feelings guys . I put some additional measures in to try and improve things.

If it sucks, tell me and I'll try and fix it
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