I know this is not a bug but I wasn't sure where else to put it I have been getting spam comments from a user named apinderbara when I checked the profile, the account was banned, but still I got a comment again from the same user a few seconds ago

Thanks for the head's up. I thought I had plugged that hole, but apparently not.

On the up-side, apparently we've grown big enough to attract spammers. I guess that's a good milestone? :surprised:

-- BK

I have a new patch in place to try to prevent this kind of abuse. Please keep me up to date.

-- BK

lol if you look at it this way,

also another small problem I noticed, there was a new post by you, but it didnt have the green notification thingy on the main forum

Interesting. I cannot re-create that problem, but I'll keep my eyes open for it. There's a major update to the site coming, which will include large rewrites of a lot of site code and features. So, I'll review the status icon code.

-- BK

It has been happening for some time for example, I only knew there was a new post here because I checked on the last poster

Okay. I'll definitely keep an eye on things, then. I've not seen what you're seeing, but that doesn't mean it's not happening.

-- BK

Uh-oh! I'm not sure, but you maybe having a spammer known as "jweelzaidi08" in "Announcements & Events" Forum. I just noticed it when came on here, yapping about sports. Looks like there's spammer problem here.

Yep. Thank you for the head's up and vigilance. This one I was aware of and have been fighting for 3 days, trying to find the security hole. I think I might have found it and plugged it. We'll see come tomorrow. They've been posting every day for the past 3-4 days in the morning. I've just been deleting the posts.

The account has been disabled, but was still able to post to the forums.

-- BK

I have this problem as well.

I sent a report, but it didn't go through ("Contact Us e-mail could not be sent. The administrative staff has been notified.")

report message:

"I got spammed with private comments advertising unrelated things on my two newest submissions, 14-15 comments on each, all from the same member, and I can't even block them (it's greyed out) or get rid of the comments. "

spammer: iegravoisvalli

trying to sell watches, wedding dresses, and...male enhancement, I think. The watches and wedding dresses I might be able to tollerate, but not the other one. Please, this bothers me greatly. I don't want to leave, but if I have to look at 15 spam messages every time I click on my art, it's not worth it.

Thanks for the head's up. We are working on solving this issue. Again.

ok, thank you.

All current offending junk accounts have been disabled or deleted, and all related comments have been removed.

Additionally, the comment code has been updated to help fight against brute-force comment submissions that bypass the use of the site's web forms. Cross your fingers that this will fix the issue.

In the upcoming new version of the site, this kind of spamming will not be possible.

-- BK

I didn't note the email address but had the same issue.. got about 77 emails today at 10AM for "comments" on many of my images on my gallery. Defiantly difficult to delete and bugger-some. They must be using that hole to dump email envelopes in. :3

thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

Many apologies, Dave. Hopefully I have put a stop to it.

And aside from updating the site code to combat this, I've also IP blocked them at the server level, too.

-- BK

VioletWhirlwind:

thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

That's what I'm here for.

-- BK

Spam bots are the worst. Thank you for fixing the issue.

metonnika:

Spam bots are the worst. Thank you for fixing the issue.

Oh yes, absolutely. S7v5 should make it even more difficult for them to infiltrate.

-- BK

There's currently another infestation of spammers. Apparently, they've sold their souls so they can scam people. One, named oresolli, thought Nightmus needed to be deluged by a ridiculous number of images of imaginary products that really don't belong in a comment. I probably need not remind you of the other evil-doers currently infecting this forum.

Hopefully, S7v5 is close to ready.

Hey there, I have not been on here for a while. When I logged on I noticed I got eight new messages, but not from anyone good. I got spammed by lpinelloalfo whoever that is, on November 1st 16:04 x3 through 16:01 x5.

Should I delete the messages?

I'm on it. Thanks for the head's up. And S7v5 is coming along.

-- BK

Yeah, go ahead. I'm going to shut down the account.

-- BK

Thank you.