Spam attack - "Urgent security update", how cna i stop this please?

[Rich99]

This is the thing, there is no user "AV@icosiphci1983.com" - no name, etc. So i cannot find whos doing it. Is there some way to view emails thro the system? Is that possible? Would i have...

[Rich99]

how can i just stop it? There must be a way? Its driving me crazy!

[Rich99]

Thanks, but how exactly? Do u mean in my logged as a user in the forum, or through the admin? ive already closed the PM system down (even tho im still getting this crazy emails) Im just getting thousands...

[Rich99]

Can i remove the PHP script the PM system altogether? Any tips would be so useful thank you

[Rich99]

ok ive gone into the "Settings - Private Message Options - Private Messaging Enabled - -No". Yet im still getting a ton of bounce backs thro email. Has my vbulletin been breached? Should...

[Rich99]

this is a tough one. Ive changed my password from admin - im the only usergroup who should be able to PM AFAIK - yet im getting tons of emails.

Is there just some simple way so i can just...

[Rich99]

Ok, ive tried with

"Maximum Stored Messages:If you set this to 0 users from this usergroup will not be able to use private messaging."
Ive therefore put it to "o"...

[Rich99]

Thats it, i'm not sure now to be honest! Has this ever come up before? It may not even be PM's, somehow this user may have the list of all the emails? That email above, was a bounce back i think, so...

[Rich99]

thanks, but this is the thing - Ive made it so theres no new members, no more registrations for the time being. Yet suddenly this spam attack has started, so......whoever, or whatever spam user using...

[Rich99]

Hii all. Yet another aspam attack. Although the registration has stopped, somehow im still getiing covered in spa, through the PM system. I get this none stop -

"Subject: Re:Urgent...

[Rich99]

Thanks. So what would be the best way - just install the vbulletin, really basic - and then edit the config.php? The version i had, was 4.2. I have the full version of it, although of course thats...

[Rich99]

Hello. I will try to make this really simple (and not a long story!) - but due to high bandwidth issues, I had to pull the plug on my forum. I lost the FTP part of the vbulletin, the software that resides...

[Rich99]

ATM, either our website is being hit hard by SPAMMERs, or we have too many people visiting our site - but i dont think so. But is there some way to limit the amount? Just so that the vbulletin is not...

[Rich99]

We have Version 4.0.8, is that one not secure?

thanks for the link i will check that out.

[Rich99]

Hi there. God knows how this has happened, but i suddenly have got this horrible banner at the top of the forum, and posts with crap on it. Some type of spam attack. this is what i get in the main forum...

[Rich99]

Hello, ive searched high and low, apparently its very simple process -

"All you need to do is to make sure you change your URL in the Members' Area and change the URL in the Admin CP."...

[Rich99]

Hi all, i have a 3.7.3 at http://www.tropicalfish.site5.com/tfc/ I have bought a new domain at tropical-fish-centre.com . My web host say thats very simple to transfer a domain (they are on the same...

[Rich99]

Hello, some of our sub forums are not as active as they used too - so we've decided to merge several sub forums togather, merge several into one sub forum. Is there an easy way to do this? I cannot...

[Rich99]

yes its working now, thank you

[Rich99]

Thx for the quick reply there

I got this -

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