[ATTENTION] Fake Private Message from Admins February 08, 2010, 12:56:57 am Important warningIf you have received a Private Message like this:QuoteDear, <your name here>!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: http://<fake_link>/<your name here>----------------------------------------------------Forum Administration forum.simutrans.com.We did not send this Private Message. It's a fake message. And do not click on the provided link on PM.Also, such member who sent such PM is already banned from the forum.Sorry for any inconvenience. Quote Selected
Re: [ATTENTION] Fake Private Message from Admins Reply #1 – February 08, 2010, 03:20:42 am more info, copy/paste from another thread:The user was real, and has been banned. Also, "forum" and "team" are disallowed from usernames. Personal messages are a little more restricted than previous.Also, I normally look at new users who sign up; I hadn't caught up on emails before this happened; but I will continue to monitor them (while catching up, I caught a spammer who hadn't posted yet thankfully). Quote Selected
Re: [ATTENTION] Fake Private Message from Admins Reply #2 – February 11, 2010, 09:49:17 pm I have been programming in PHP since April of 2007 but I am worried about my experience is short to I could help you.I have one small idea how to avoid (at least for some time) this but I have not read source of this forum yet regardless I have had it for few days. I have download it via its webpage. Quote Selected Last Edit: February 11, 2010, 09:54:19 pm by VaclavMacurek
Re: [ATTENTION] Fake Private Message from Admins Reply #3 – February 11, 2010, 09:52:45 pm The problem with customizing the forum software is that the customizations go away after each upgrade. However, we are probably about to implement a system that should get us to near 100% spammer-free status. Quote Selected
Re: [ATTENTION] Fake Private Message from Admins Reply #4 – February 12, 2010, 03:58:19 pm Umm...why is this forum called the "Hatted Simutrans Forum"? Is it maybe related to this? Quote Selected
Re: [ATTENTION] Fake Private Message from Admins Reply #5 – February 12, 2010, 04:05:17 pm Quote from: Bigtop – on February 12, 2010, 03:58:19 pmUmm...why is this forum called the "Hatted Simutrans Forum"? Is it maybe related to this?http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=4384.0 Quote Selected