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ozzy47 · #25 12-07-2014, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Max Taxable

You can change that phrase, it's no big deal at all. On my boards it typically goes:

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It's true the script kiddies google up vB version numbers by "powered by" to find one that isn't updated or is still vulnerable to some exploits.

Spam however is a different story and hiding your site from search engines won't inhibit it in any way.

Then that is a clear violation of the license agreement, at a minimum it must say:
"Powered by vBulletin - Copyright ? vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved."

Meaning you can remove the link, and the version number.

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