1 Topic by Runar

  • Runar
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  • Registered: 2005-12-22
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Topic: 3806 new users, all from same IP

Hey.

When I checked my forum now, it has 3806 new users, and everyone are from the same IP and got the username from 0__NsT to 3806__NsT.

Is this a bug or someone that think its funny?
And how can I delete every of these users without deleting the other users?


Thanks for all answers.


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  • From: Leuven, Belgium
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Re: 3806 new users, all from same IP

Well, it's probably someone who thinks it's funny tongue

And for the deletion I'd recommend to do a DELETE in the users table with a LIKE clause, like this:

DELETE FROM users WHERE username LIKE '%__NsT'
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Re: 3806 new users, all from same IP

I've seen this happen before, and it's not really that funny. It's because of the fact punbb adds unverified users to the database... there's probably been other discussions about this elsewhere, but it's an easy fix if you implement a captcha (type what it says in the image in the textbox to continue)

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Re: 3806 new users, all from same IP

http://www.punres.org/viewtopic.php?id=281

And Bekko: there's a plugin which does this, AP_Forum_Cleanup (it deletes based on IP)

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Re: 3806 new users, all from same IP

Oh my. It IS not very funny. Poor database - it's obviously feel *very* sick.
Are there any ways to protect one's forum from such *violence*?

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Re: 3806 new users, all from same IP

Smartys wrote:

http://www.punres.org/viewtopic.php?id=281

And Bekko: there's a plugin which does this, AP_Forum_Cleanup (it deletes based on IP)

Just providing a simple solution smile

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Re: 3806 new users, all from same IP

elbekko wrote:
Smartys wrote:

http://www.punres.org/viewtopic.php?id=281

And Bekko: there's a plugin which does this, AP_Forum_Cleanup (it deletes based on IP)

Just providing a simple solution smile

Depends on if the person knows what an SQL query is or where to use one tongue

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Re: 3806 new users, all from same IP

http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=10720

Was fixed 2/28/06 with 1.2.11 for anyone finding this on a search smile

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