Forum Spam Attack

[Mike89]

I just received a spam email through PM from a "LadyAdministrator" about a virus.

This spammer is currently active in this forum. Please ban this person.

[W&B]

They are Banned. Thanks for the report.

[Mike89]

Why is there still "LadyAdministrator" at the botton in the "currently active users" list?

[W&B]

I can only ban the user name, An admin will block them completely.

[Guest]

This same person hacked another V Bulletin site and sent spam e-mail to all the members.

[signals]

The user has been deleted and the spam PMs have been deleted from every user's account. We regret this, but it is very difficult to control.

[AGJ]

The user has been deleted and the spam PMs have been deleted from every user's account. We regret this, but it is very difficult to control.

never knew it was possible to delete Pm's sent by a member to another member. That pretty good when you can do that especially when you know of a spammer who sent off spam via PM

[signals]

Admins have scary powers. There is a function that allows the deletion of all PMs sent by a specific user. This thread will be moved to General Questions, it has no business in DVD to DVD.

Did anybody actually get an email or was it all PMs?

[Complication]

I got an email because I get notified on PM. Isn't there a Captcha or something that can be installed?

[AGJ]

you sure it not for the reported post as spam

[signals]

No, it deletes any PM ever sent by the user. I was wondering if any user-to-user emails were sent. I doubt it because of the effort involved and spammers are a generally lazy lot. Look at how they make a living.

[Complication]

I have email notification on PM turned on so I get this as soon as the PM is created:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL!
***************************

Dear Complication,

You have received a new private message at DVDFab Forum from LadyAdministrator, entitled "Important message from the forum administration!".

To read the original version, respond to, or delete this message, you must log in here:

http://forum.dvdfab.com/private.php

This is the message that was sent:
***************
Dear, royser;Complication;pedlar;cyberlarry2001;sqd!

A virus alert was noticed on your computer.
We highly recommend you to check your computer and perform online virus check at our site immediately:
----------------------------------------------------
Sincerely, Forum Administration forum.dvdfab.com.
***************

Again, please do not reply to this email. You must go to the following page to reply to this private message:

http://forum.dvdfab.com/private.php

All the best,
DVDFab Forum

[Guest]

Mine was via PM.

[AGJ]

Well I never received one but I must be the lucky one

[GregiBoy]

I never got one either "Don't mess with the GregiBoy!!!"