What's going on with MoDaCo?, Submit News forum flooded with spam |
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 Oct 4 2008, 09:29
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 238 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600  |
What on earth is going on with MoDaCo? The submit news area has been flooded with spam and porn!!!
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Oct 4 2008, 09:36
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 Peanut Brain  Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,343 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
As only you and the mods can see what you have put in the submit news area it sounds like your PC is submitting SPAM!
-------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Oct 4 2008, 09:42
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 238 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 |
QUOTE(Confucious @ Oct 4 2008, 10:36)  As only you and the mods can see what you have put in the submit news area it sounds like your PC is submitting SPAM! I haven't put anything in and wasn't logged in either! It was like this last night at around 1am but I thought it was just a glitch. I'll log back out, take a screen shot and then post it back here. |
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Oct 4 2008, 10:01
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NeilM Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,083 Joined: 26th September 2006 From: Saffron Walden, Essex Member No.: 207,744 Device(s): Ameo, HTC Diamond, Advent 4213 |
QUOTE(Dark Horse @ Oct 4 2008, 10:42) I haven't put anything in and wasn't logged in either! It was like this last night at around 1am but I thought it was just a glitch. I'll log back out, take a screen shot and then post it back here. This has been reported in the Staff Room and Paul is aware of the problem  -------------------- NeilM: Site Moderator and Reviewer on 4WinMobile
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Oct 4 2008, 10:04
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,343 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
I can't see it - was any of the porn worth looking at?
-------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Oct 4 2008, 10:04
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 238 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 |
Ok, full screen dumps of the Submit News area attached. I'm not logged in, neither am I a mod and get the same results regardless of the browser. Does nobody else see this?
My understanding of the Submit News forum is that you can only see your own posts that are pending approval.
Attached File(s)
Image1.jpg ( 369.04K )
Number of downloads: 35
Image2.jpg ( 408.26K )
Number of downloads: 39
Image3.jpg ( 390.64K )
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Image4.jpg ( 390.36K )
Number of downloads: 19
Image5.jpg ( 305.52K )
Number of downloads: 22
Image6.jpg ( 314.7K )
Number of downloads: 18
Image7.jpg ( 353.48K )
Number of downloads: 16 |
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Oct 4 2008, 10:07
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,343 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
Like I say, I can't see anything - Hope it's not coming from your machine without your knowledge!
-------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Oct 4 2008, 10:14
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 238 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 |
QUOTE(Neil5459 @ Oct 4 2008, 11:01) This has been reported in the Staff Room and Paul is aware of the problem Ak oh cool, just posted those screen shots during your reply. QUOTE(Confucious @ Oct 4 2008, 11:04) I can't see it - was any of the porn worth looking at? LOL, I'm a respectable upstanding member of the community with no interest in the kind of smutty, sleazy filth peddled by spam meisters. And besides, most of the links were dead 
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Oct 4 2008, 10:19
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 238 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 |
QUOTE(Confucious @ Oct 4 2008, 11:07) Like I say, I can't see anything - Hope it's not coming from your machine without your knowledge! I can see exactly the same crap from my desktop and Samsung i600! 
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Oct 4 2008, 11:21
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Enthusiast Group: Moderator Team Posts: 183 Joined: 25th November 2002 From: Devon Member No.: 69 Device(s): HTC Touch Diamond |
Yeah, I can see them all.
Should this forum be de-activated or the posts deleted as some of them are quite hardcore?! -------------------- Mark
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Oct 4 2008, 11:32
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 238 Joined: 6th September 2004 From: Leafy Surrey Member No.: 55,546 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i600 |
QUOTE(Mark @ Oct 4 2008, 12:21) Yeah, I can see them all. Should this forum be de-activated or the posts deleted as some of them are quite hardcore?! Yes, I kinda expected that all the posts would have at least been deleted as soon as a Mod noticed Was surprised to find it all still there this morning with more content having been added overnight. |
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Oct 4 2008, 11:39
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NeilM Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,083 Joined: 26th September 2006 From: Saffron Walden, Essex Member No.: 207,744 Device(s): Ameo, HTC Diamond, Advent 4213 |
QUOTE(Dark Horse @ Oct 4 2008, 12:32) Yes, I kinda expected that all the posts would have at least been deleted as soon as a Mod noticed Was surprised to find it all still there this morning with more content having been added overnight. I've just removed 200 of these from the last 24hrs Thought Paul may have closed the forum while the cause was investigated, but will keep checking for new ones. -------------------- NeilM: Site Moderator and Reviewer on 4WinMobile
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Oct 4 2008, 11:42
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 The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,981 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
On it now peeps...
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Oct 4 2008, 11:43
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NeilM Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,083 Joined: 26th September 2006 From: Saffron Walden, Essex Member No.: 207,744 Device(s): Ameo, HTC Diamond, Advent 4213 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Oct 4 2008, 12:42) On it now peeps... P -------------------- NeilM: Site Moderator and Reviewer on 4WinMobile
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Oct 4 2008, 13:28
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 Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,178 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
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