Originally posted by Erwin Same IP means nothing. It could be a popular ISP, with many members of yours using the same proxy server used by that ISP (hence the large bandwidth), so by banning that one IP you are banning all these members.
There were once 43 guests on the avatar page with the same IP exept one number in a row e.g
1.2.3.4.5
1.2.3.4.6
1.2.3.4.7
I some how think that wasnt just some guests viewing the forum, also all 43 members decided to view that page thouseds of times for 4 days constant, i know my avatars are nice, but not that nice, so now you guys know why im so worried, it definatly abuse by someone, what can i do now?
Originally posted by Erwin If you are absolutely sure you have closed your forum, then your forum is closed.
When a member tries to access any of the pages of the forum, Who's Online will say that they are looking at that page, but what they are really seeing is the "No Permission" page. So if I was you I wouldn't worry (unless you are certain that your site has been hacked). Even with the forum closed, vB still tells you the number of people who are trying to access each page.
If you're worried, open another window, log out, log in as a registered member on a test account and try any of the pages - see on Who's Online that vB tells you that a member is looking at a page when in reality the member is getting the "No Permission" page.
Bare in mind, according to whos online, some members where browsing the forum, juming from thread to thread when them members were sat right next to me, according to them, they werent logged in.
Bare in mind, according to whos online, some members where browsing the forum, juming from thread to thread when them members were sat right next to me, according to them, they werent logged in.
What explains that?
That means that these member's accounts have been compromised. Looks like someone has gotten passwords. Have you got 2.2.8 installed, with the new global.php which prevent the cross-scripting password bug? Look in the vB.com Announcement forum for the fix. I have posted a link the Lounge forum here, on the second or third page.
10-27-2002, 03:05 PM
Linear Mode
