**Spambot Alert** - FightGame Boxing & MMA Forums News & Discussion

**NFFC** · 08-27-2008, 10:31 AM

There is a newish "spambot" doing the rounds at the moment that is attacking vBulletin forums.

It attempts to log in by going through the entire list of members and then logging on with the same password as the username, if that fails it tries a password of "password".

Once the bot logs on, it sends spam messages via PM from the user it has attacked, it then moves on to log in as another user etc - it also changes your password so you cannot log in (and presumably so it can log on again in the future)

A bit of common sense with your password on this forum and any other vBuuletin forums that you use is all you need to prevent this attack.

So if your password is the same as your username or is simply 'Password', Change it NOW!

This was posted on CricketForum.com:
Cricket Forum - Announcement - Cricket Forum - Discuss Cricket and the World Cup of Cricket!

I think it applies to here too.

**TommyGunn** · 08-28-2008, 05:45 AM

Good find Callam.

**NFFC** · 08-28-2008, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TommyGunn

Good find Callam.

Anytime Tommy

. We don't want this to affect here.

T-97 · 08-28-2008, 08:31 AM

I hate damn spambots, They do my head in

**NFFC** · 09-17-2008, 03:07 PM

Just a reminder. Try not to let this catch you.

spiderbloke · 12-17-2008, 02:40 PM

Good stuff calpol, although you have to be a bit of a retard to get caught by it

08-27-2008, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
NFFC Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Nottingham, England Posts: 2,469	Spambot Alert There is a newish "spambot" doing the rounds at the moment that is attacking vBulletin forums. It attempts to log in by going through the entire list of members and then logging on with the same password as the username, if that fails it tries a password of "password". Once the bot logs on, it sends spam messages via PM from the user it has attacked, it then moves on to log in as another user etc - it also changes your password so you cannot log in (and presumably so it can log on again in the future) A bit of common sense with your password on this forum and any other vBuuletin forums that you use is all you need to prevent this attack. So if your password is the same as your username or is simply 'Password', Change it NOW! This was posted on CricketForum.com: Cricket Forum - Announcement - Cricket Forum - Discuss Cricket and the World Cup of Cricket! I think it applies to here too. __________________ Oscar De la Hoya: Legend ..

08-28-2008, 05:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
TommyGunn Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,861	Re: alert!!! Good find Callam. __________________

09-17-2008, 03:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
NFFC Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Nottingham, England Posts: 2,469	Re: Spambot Alert Just a reminder. Try not to let this catch you. __________________ Oscar De la Hoya: Legend ..

12-17-2008, 02:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
spiderbloke Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 148	Re: Spambot Alert Good stuff calpol, although you have to be a bit of a retard to get caught by it