Whats this about?? I went to login just now, and it said that I've exceeded the maximum amount of login attempts, but this is the first time today I've been on the forum, or tried to login?
To many login attempts?
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Sounds like someone is trying to use your account - for what who knows... Could have somekind of spyware on your machine. Might try downloading Malwarebytes and running that.
Its the same bots that were spamming the site (fixed that for now), they're using dictionary attacks against the login page using random usernames it culls from other pages, so make sure your passwords are reasonably complicated!
It's not just this site, the past few weeks there's been a widespread rash of bot-based attacks against phpBB forums like this one....
I got one of those today as well.
It's not just this site, the past few weeks there's been a widespread rash of bot-based attacks against phpBB forums like this one....
I got one of those today as well.
Good to see you are ontop of it -- You would think those guys could find something more productive to do with their time 
HurstOlds said:
That's the part that was causing all the trouble with the spambots. Google's re-captcha's been cracked for a while, and I guess someone finally came up with an automated tool to get past it. So I switched to the old 'Q&A' method. Which if you've seen the questions basically confirms that you're human. Working for now....
Here's an idea that will work for sure.
Ever heard of a program called pinnacle game profiler?? it's a program my little brother uses to use his Xbox controll with the computer. Well the serial code activation on the program is drastically different from anything else.
Instead of just a Q & A, have a Q & A like how many donuts are in a dozen, and then a box with alittle strip of color and a multi-chioce to pick which color it is.
Ever heard of a program called pinnacle game profiler?? it's a program my little brother uses to use his Xbox controll with the computer. Well the serial code activation on the program is drastically different from anything else.
Instead of just a Q & A, have a Q & A like how many donuts are in a dozen, and then a box with alittle strip of color and a multi-chioce to pick which color it is.
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