Arun 795 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 We have received reports from members that they had received spam via PM within the past 45 minutes. We did notice the PM spam attack and immediately installed and enabled PM flood control to stop the spam. By the time we identified the attack (within around 45 minutes), the attacker had sent spam PM to more than 3500 members. The attacker/member has been identified and blocked which seems to be a compromised PC in Germany. All the spam PMs sent by the attacker have been deleted. Please note that you will have to wait for 10 minutes before sending a second PM as we have the PM Flood Control enabled now. Members with more than 10 posts will not have PM Flood Control restriction. We apologize to the members who received the PM spam and for any inconvenience caused by the PM Flood Control. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
situ1962 21 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 Thanks.That's a very good move. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harshal 11 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 How about installing a simple captcha? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 Captcha or reCaptcha for PM will be available for the upcoming IP.Board 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 Lucky me, no PMs received.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 As per the logs, the PMs were sent to the last registered members Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 ^^^ was that an automated spam message or sent manually ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 automated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
