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#1 Post by tay666 »

Seems we had a spurt of spambots getting in here.
Think it is all cleaned up now.

Took me a while to hopefully find all the fake registered accounts.

I tweaked the Q/A spam countermeasures in the registering process.
Apparently these bots eventually 'learn' the correct answers and store them in a database.
Hopefully, changing up the questions and answers will keep them at bay for a while again. This is the first change I have had to make to them since I started using them years ago.

My thanks to the rest of the staff that removed some of the posts, and to the members that PMed me so I saw the email and came here straight away after getting on the computer.
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#2 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

No it ain't all done (yet) - sent you a PM bud.


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#3 Post by bucketfoot-al »

Yeah, there were a bunch of threads from several new intruders visible this morning .... BUILD THAT virtual WALL Tay!!!! :wink:
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#4 Post by tay666 »

Wasn't just me.
Harry shut down a bunch of them.
I just went through and deleted them outright along with any posts they had made.

So far I whacked 55 accounts today.
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#5 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

Thanks to Harry & Trev for keeping us on the straight and narrow =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>


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#6 Post by bucketfoot-al »

55 Accounts????!!!!???? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Man what a pain that must have been!!

THANK YOU :bow: :bow: :bow:
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#7 Post by LOBOREX »

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: =D> =D> =D> =D> :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
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#8 Post by Crazy Joe »

Great job, Harry and Trevor!!! I usually jump on here at dead times in my office, and PM'ed Spock and Tay as soon as I saw. And man, did they pour in like Orcs at Helm's Deep.
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#9 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

Crazy Joe wrote: . . . Harry and Trevor . . . man, did they pour in like Orcs at Helm's Deep.
LOL - what a great visual.

But if Harry is Gandalf, who does that make Trev?


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#10 Post by Buc Wheat »

Joe wudah notified ya sooner...but he had to carefully and
methodically check each and every link... just to be SURE!! :)

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Buc Wheat wrote:Joe wudah notified ya sooner...but he had to carefully and
methodically check each and every link... just to be SURE!! :)

Yeah, Buc. Check 'em all AT MY OFFICE - a sure way to WAY early retirement.... :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
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Buc Wheat wrote:Joe wudah notified ya sooner...but he had to carefully and methodically check each and every link... just to be SURE!! :)
I hear a phrase with pot & kettle in it :)

[list][list] http://theclubhouse1.net/phpBB3/viewtop ... 9#p1391569 [/list][/list]

As was said before - "Adult Themed" - lol.


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#13 Post by Buc Wheat »

Well... somebody has to explain it to Joe!!

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#14 Post by resin addict »

Just an FYI...in the "Sculptors Forum" there is a thread by Miguel Zuppo for his latest sculpt; a WonderWoman piece, he does not use the "Post Image" button, but instead uses a service called "imgbox"...at least on my computer it tried to open some rather interesting secondary windows...
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at least on my computer it tried to open some rather interesting secondary windows...
Yep! Mine too...
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resin addict wrote:Just an FYI...in the "Sculptors Forum" there is a thread by Miguel Zuppo for his latest sculpt; a WonderWoman piece, he does not use the "Post Image" button,
  • but instead uses a service called "Postbox"...at least on my computer it tried to open some rather interesting secondary windows...
  • Crazy Joe wrote:Yep! Mine too...
No problem here. Maybe it's browser related? - I use Firefox.


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Heavy Metal Spike wrote:
resin addict wrote:Just an FYI...in the "Sculptors Forum" there is a thread by Miguel Zuppo for his latest sculpt; a WonderWoman piece, he does not use the "Post Image" button,
  • but instead uses a service called "imgbox"...at least on my computer it tried to open some rather interesting secondary windows...
  • Crazy Joe wrote:Yep! Mine too...
No problem here. Maybe it's browser related? - I use Firefox.


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I'm using Microsoft "Edge".
I'm curious, does Firefox also block the banner adds along the top or bottom of the viewing window (in "imgbox") as well?
But my point is if he would just use the "Add image to post" button that was added (thanks Trev.) this wouldn't be an issue at all.
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#18 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

resin addict wrote:I'm using Microsoft "Edge".
I'm curious, does Firefox also block the banner adds along the top or bottom of the viewing window (in "imgbox") as well?
But my point is if he would just use the "Add image to post" button that was added (thanks Trev.) this wouldn't be an issue at all.
No banner ads either. Just the picture (full screenshot below).

Seems there are quite a few people that still haven't realised about the picture feature Trev added 2 years back. I guess it's a bit like using any software - you focus on the bits you use and have blinders on for the rest of the screen.

One of us should warn Miguel on his thread - you OK doing it or do you want me to?

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