Ghost Users
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:01
We discovered 100rds user accounts that never posted anything but had links to spam sites in their user profile. Most of these accounts have now been removed but if you still see any 'suspicious' users then please let us know and we,ll have a look.
To be extra sure we also removed any website urls from user accounts that have never posted a message. This also affected some of you lurkers so if your website address has been removed from your profile then all you have to do is login and set it again. We are sorry for this inconvenience but we had to make sure that the forum does not function as a spam hub.
The new user registration now requires an extra confirmation step via email so this should stop those dirty spammers and we hope these mf-ers burn in hell!
To be extra sure we also removed any website urls from user accounts that have never posted a message. This also affected some of you lurkers so if your website address has been removed from your profile then all you have to do is login and set it again. We are sorry for this inconvenience but we had to make sure that the forum does not function as a spam hub.
The new user registration now requires an extra confirmation step via email so this should stop those dirty spammers and we hope these mf-ers burn in hell!
Nice one!