Thanks to a phone call from Forgebear, I have managed to kick the spammers into touch. I'll keep the new posts open and try and get any more that appear.
Rob
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thank you rob fast work mate
dave
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Good catch Rob!
Must admit i got worried when people started telling me the forums been "hacked" when its a spammer! Hacking implies they've broken into the system to access data, spammer is just somebody (or a clever bot, but unlikely an automatic registration with our security questions) who registers an account and posts a load of rubbish! A nuisance for sure but a real hack would mean they'd broken in to steal peoples data etc!
Thanks for the PM's i received too guys!
Must admit i got worried when people started telling me the forums been "hacked" when its a spammer! Hacking implies they've broken into the system to access data, spammer is just somebody (or a clever bot, but unlikely an automatic registration with our security questions) who registers an account and posts a load of rubbish! A nuisance for sure but a real hack would mean they'd broken in to steal peoples data etc!
Thanks for the PM's i received too guys!
