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- Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:06 pm
- Forum: phpBB 3.0.x Support
- Topic: SPAMBOTS - how can we stop them - read FIRST post.
- Replies: 234
- Views: 506684
Re: SPAMBOTS - how can we stop them - read FIRST post.
Or are we dealing with a Ukrainian peasant in a cellar somewhere, being offered a potato for every 100 successful spamregs? I have a feeling that I'm just entertaining that Ukranian peasant. May the cellar walls fall in on him! Seriously - can't we have the same stop-'em-dead textual confirmation m...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:12 pm
- Forum: phpBB 3.0.x Support
- Topic: SPAMBOTS - how can we stop them - read FIRST post.
- Replies: 234
- Views: 506684
Re: SPAMBOTS - how can we stop them - read FIRST post.
I still just have mine set up to where I have to approve each person. :( I am hoping the people that designed my website will be able to help when there is a fix for this....because all of this is greek to me. But my question is...is it better to accept them, then ban the ip and then delete the memb...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:04 pm
- Forum: phpBB 3.0.x Support
- Topic: Spam Bots & phpBB3?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 101689
Re: Spam Bots & phpBB3?
I have had phpbb3 since Aug 2008. All of a sudden this week I have been BOMBARDED with spammers (I had never had even one before this). :evil: Once they logged in as admin and I could not access the ACP. Hours later I was able to get in and change my passwords. I have done everything to try and stop...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:19 pm
- Forum: phpBB 3.0.x Support
- Topic: Can't access Admin Panel
- Replies: 23
- Views: 108308
Re: Can't access Admin Panel
Same thing happened to me. I could not log-in to the ACP. I could get into the forum, but not acp. Hours later I was able to login and I changed passwords. I am still getting bombarded with spam ALL OF THE SUDDEN this week. I have done everything...blacklist ip's, ban ips, admin approval of registra...