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Anyone get this? Over 6,000 VBulletin spam

by JoshuaWriter
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I have a vbulletin message boards on one of my old sites that only had about 50 active members. Then about 3-4 months later I checked on it and I have over 6,000 members all which are from spammers that have over 8,000 posts.

Now I really dont care about this site becuase I'm about to trash it anyways but has anyone else had this problem?
#spam #vbulletin
  • Profile picture of the author garyv
    That happens all of the time if you don't keep those bulletin boards updated. There are a lot of spammers out there that use automated software to find and spam vulnerable blogs and bulletin boards.
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  • Profile picture of the author JoshuaWriter
    Yeah I never updated the script on it or really did any managing of it. Even if you update the script I am assuming that would still have to ban or delete spammers from time to time though right?
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    • Profile picture of the author garyv
      Originally Posted by JoshuaWriter View Post

      Yeah I never updated the script on it or really did any managing of it. Even if you update the script I am assuming that would still have to ban or delete spammers from time to time though right?
      Yes most definitely. That's why most bulletin boards have moderators.
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