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[SteveColes]

See this user. This is clearly a hacker or spammer. If you see a user like this, please delete them. Don't ban them. Don't send them an email or wait for their account to be activated. Just get rid of them. The people on the webmaster's email list can see them when they receive the email. Anyone else can see them by looking at the "latest member".

I am leaving this as an example, but I am changin a few things so they can't really get in. In fact, I'll change the user name to be "Spammer":gar-La;

 

[ChrisMathes]

I'll keep an eye out...thx for the heads up. I do think that I found one with over 8,000 posts. I'll go ahead and delete this DaveO guy...:rotflm:

 

[TracyP]

Does a moderator have access to delete a user and how is it done?

 

[McRabbet]

I have always honored you being the person with new user deletion authority -- I've noted almost every one of these "all 1's" types that come in, with many of them having nonsensical usernames through gmail. I know the pattern and will be deleting them from now on. Do you want any notification of the deletion?

 

[ChrisMathes]

I just deleted 'nopq029' for the record...

 

[DaveO]

Hmmm :eusa_thin I never saw that one come in to the webmaster e-mails. Not that I could have done anything about it during the day. But I do monitor the e-mails and do what I can that doesn't require access to the site during "business" hours.

Dave

 

[DaveO]

I do think that I found one with over 8,000 posts. I'll go ahead and delete this DaveO guy...:rotflm:

You can't get rid of me that easily :evil::evil::wwink:

Dave

 

[SteveColes]

I have always honored you being the person with new user deletion authority -- I've noted almost every one of these "all 1's" types that come in, with many of them having nonsensical usernames through gmail. I know the pattern and will be deleting them from now on. Do you want any notification of the deletion?

No need. Thanks

 

[SteveColes]

I just deleted 'nopq029' for the record...

Yeah, I saw thanks.:thumbs_up

 

[ChrisMathes]

Steve...what's up with the avatar!?!? That doesn't look like a NCWW coffee mug!!! I have 2, so I even make my wife use one...hahah:rotflm::rotflm::rotflm::rotflm:

 

[NCPete]

You can't get rid of me that easily :evil::evil::wwink:

Dave

Except when using the test site like we did 'bout two years ago, when DaveO mysteriously suddenly had 1 post, and EVERYONE (staff only) on there had administrator privileges....

 

[TracyP]

Looks like another possible spammer

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/members/zlanhgn/

I don't seem to have the delete option so looks like one for the admins.

 

[NCPete]

tracy, we actually can permanently ban people, but it is in the ModCP. I looked at the AdminCP first

 

[MikeH]

This user posted an intro when he joined. What was the red flag that exposed him as a hacker?

 

[NCPete]

all 1's in the user profile. interesting. now he is not in the list of banned users, and his profile cannot be found?

 

[TracyP]

I saw all stats were only the number 1, then I googled the email address and user name and found lots of forums had identified him as a spammer. So I thought we had better take a closer look at him.

 

[SteveColes]

I deleted him

 

[NCPete]

Steve, did you do that right after I banned him?? 'cause he disappeared pretty quickly after I did that... thought I had under-estimated the scope of my 'super-powers' as a mod?

 

[SteveColes]

Steve, did you do that right after I banned him?? 'cause he disappeared pretty quickly after I did that... thought I had under-estimated the scope of my 'super-powers' as a mod?

Probably, but I'm not sure, I didn't check the timing.