Eisaac Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 (edited) I just wanted to see how many T.H.E newbies are from PGoH. What did I see? Of the 30(!) new profiles I checked... 30(!) look the same: "Guild" and "Class" are the same value. "Character" and "Race" in almost all profiles values are the same. "My Guild's Website" is a place. (value is a real Country, real city or just 'village') And nothing to do with the Honor Empire, CS or PGoH. I hope this is not a hack attempt! Even if not... it must be at least some kind of spam Edited December 1, 2006 by Eisaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mareak Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I thought that new membership forms for the website/forums here had to be manually approved. if I am incorrect in this please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisaac Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 (edited) I thought that new membership forms for the website/forums here had to be manually approved.if I am incorrect in this please let me know. Basicly, new members must be approved. About half of the 30 I checked are "awaiting authorization" but the other half are members. Edited December 1, 2006 by Eisaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martok Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Doesn't really mean anything It's Balandar being lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisaac Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 Doesn't really mean anything It's Balandar being lazy. I do not believe this is the case. With so many "members" looking exactly the same (at least in 'pattern') and with nothing in the profile to do with T.H.E. website, I really don't think they are real members which need to be approved. I would say all were created by a script. Not only that. The 30 I checked joined in time of about 4 days. 'Members' and 'Awaiting authorization' Were mixed good. Why approve only half? I would say even the members there are a froad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martok Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I'll check some of the IP's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mareak Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I'll check some of the IP's. Martok, Just checking up with this....have you had a chance to check this yet? *bump* ( I like this "bumping" I have seen lately here ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martok Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yes, but I haven't gotten anywhere with it. They are all seperate IPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balandar Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Mostly script kiddies. Trying to create quick accounts to later spam the boards with. Except they rarely use legitimate email address to approve the accounts. I don't lose any sleep over it. There's always the option to just delete everyone that hasn't approved their account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mareak Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Thank You both for the update!! I feel better knowing that two "big strong knowledgeable orcs" are guarding the gates to T.H.E. ........................ .^Martok......^Mareak..........^Balandar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisaac Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 (edited) Thank You both for the update!! I feel better knowing that two "big strong knowledgeable orcs" are guarding the gates to T.H.E. ........................ .^Martok......^Mareak..........^Balandar But both Orcs still got UO oriented pictures on their profiles! Besides, I got to see Balandar on a ridable polar bear, at Trinsic bank! And not less important... if T.H.E. gods say that the scripts are no threat, I can sleep well again Edited December 7, 2006 by Eisaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisaac Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 (edited) Now they are not only unapproved members... they advertise sex and other junk I didn't even see the junk as it was blocked by my ISP: You have tried to access a web page which is in violation of your internet usage policy. URL: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Category: Pornography To have the rating of this web page re-evaluated please contact your administrator. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by FortiGuard. Edited February 4, 2007 by Eisaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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