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They are out in force this afternoon, it has been reported to MOI, i will be banning and locking topics as needed.
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Locking?
I've been deleting them... :D
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Thanks for your support guys, just delete them
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changed the spambot question so should stop them
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Had the same thing with one of my forums, always find a way in eventually!
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masterofinsanity wrote:changed the spambot question so should stop them
Nopes
Postby Thelmaml » Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:55 pm

Try disabling signups for a few days?
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Yeah, you would've reached a spamming site, make it so you have to approve all memberships, or failing that, block all memberships from the region that they are all signing up from- this was Russia for my forum!
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on a couple of other forums im on have locked down today as well, they also said theyre being hit hard today.
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well since changing the spambot question ive only had 2 registrations :-)
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winrar :excited
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been inundated with spammers the last couple of days, keep your eyes peeled and report any spammers and/or posts
a big thankyou to banner and Cansa for the maintenance and support. :gamer
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Big thank you to all of you looking after this great forum :)
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+1 winks
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just deleted another 53 spammers :-)
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Wow..really hitting here aren't they.....what do they actually get out of doing this??? :rant
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