My site is getting a lot of weirdly-formed referring URLs--some with two or three URLs linked with commas--or URLs that do not appear to contain links to my site. What's going on?
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posted by mattdidthat
on Aug 11, 2009 -
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I have been getting weird Wordpress referrer spam the last 4 days, but there are no injections or anything of the like on my site.
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posted by tip120
on Aug 5, 2009 -
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I have a Wordpress site. In spidering the site, and coming up with the little synopsis underneath the title, Google, Bing and Yahoo all believe that it's not a personal Web site but a spammy list of prescription drugs for sale. I don't understand why.
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posted by Kirklander
on Jul 18, 2009 -
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A particular post on my (wordpress) blog just got hit with over 10 spam comments in 3 minutes. I've disabled comments on that post for now, but what's going on?
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posted by hibbersk
on Jul 6, 2009 -
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Received the following email yesterday in regards to my domain name. My first reaction was to hit delete, but I thought I'd just make sure I wasn't ignoring something I shouldn't be ignoring.
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posted by goshling
on Jul 1, 2009 -
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Email address getting tons of spam. Email address then disabled, deleted. Spam still happening. How to stop it?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 17, 2009 -
10 answers
Somebody downloaded a file off my server and now they are getting specific spam. How is this?
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posted by gonzo_ID
on Mar 16, 2009 -
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Help me figure out why yahoo is auto-delivering emails from my web server directly to any yahoo accounts bulk mail folder. No, I am not a spammer.
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posted by ChefQuix
on Feb 12, 2009 -
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My laptop's been infected by something that is interfering with all the usual solutions. Please help!
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posted by Rhaomi
on Jan 25, 2009 -
30 answers
Does anyone maintain a "Do not give list"? By this, I mean a list of charities that engage in telephone telemarketing, and hence to whom one should avoid giving donations.
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posted by jeffburdges
on Dec 31, 2008 -
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My gmail account is sending spam to my address book. I know bc I see it sometimes ending up in my own Spam folder! How do I stop this?
posted by helios410
on Nov 28, 2008 -
8 answers
Is there an easier way to select a group of emails in Outlook and extract their header information to a file or to the clipboard - together, all at once? An Outlook plugin perhaps?
Outlook's method sucks because you can only get one header at a time via right-click and view options.
I've got a load of spam that I need to send to my host for investigation.
posted by Jackie_Treehorn
on Nov 26, 2008 -
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Once in a while I go into my gmail Spam folder and I notice that there is the odd email in there that isn't actually spam. One time there was an email from amazon.com telling me that I sold a book and to ship it... whoops! Is there anything I can do about this besides reading every spam email that I get?
posted by GleepGlop
on Nov 15, 2008 -
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WordpressFilter: Haven't blogged in about three months, and am considering a return at the same URL, but don't want to inherit all my old spam comments. Would deleting the Wordpress installation at that address then re-installing it essentially reset the spam, allowing me to better control it this time? FWIW, I've been using Akismet, etc., to monitor and catch most spam but would like as clean a slate as possible.
posted by sjuhawk31
on Nov 4, 2008 -
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I'm using Outlook 2007. It keeps trying to send spam emails! When I start it says that it has 980 messages to send, and once it's done one it'll say it's sent 1 of 981 etc and so on (this happens when I have it offline and let it run for a bit). I've run a few virus scanners and they've all come back saying it's clean. What's even more annoying is that my other computer has also started doing this.
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posted by kg
on Oct 10, 2008 -
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It's become apparent that my computer may have a Trojan. I just received a Returned Mail notice for mail I never sent, which instead of displaying my name it displayed "jasen kimberly," and was sent to a strange russian email address: munsov@pobox.spbu.ru. I'm concerned that this may be the result of a trojan "phoning home," or using my computer to send spam.
posted by matkline
on Oct 5, 2008 -
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I've got a personal site/blogg-ish thing and I get comment spam. The odd thing is that much of it doesn't contain any links. It's just some random words. What is the point of this?
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posted by ChasFile
on Sep 25, 2008 -
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Help -- I'm drowning in spam.
I'm looking for a spam filter that is reliable and won't go nuts with my Norton 360 security system.
I had a filter that I loved (Mailblocks -- a challenge based system) but aol bought the company to put it out of business.
Any recommendations?
posted by Newstuffoldstuff
on Sep 13, 2008 -
10 answers
When I registered to vote here in San Francisco I made the mistake of putting down my permanent forwarding email. Now I get a bunch of spam about candidates and initiatives. Is there a way to make it stop?
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posted by CruiseSavvy
on Jul 31, 2008 -
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On our website, we've got a little one-field form where people can fill in their e-mail address and sign up for our mailing list. The form seems to now be the target of spammer-hacker bastards, and random people are complaining about being signed up for a list they've never heard of. What should we do, besides take down the form altogether? The only thing that comes to mind is a captcha (but that adds another step to what should be a one-step process).
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posted by chrominance
on Jun 3, 2008 -
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Which is a better option for controlling spam? Buying the IMail Premium Anti-Spam filter for our existing IMail mail server or migrating our mail to Google Apps for Your Domain?
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posted by bcarroll
on Apr 15, 2008 -
6 answers
Kinda strange Wordpress plugin request: We're looking for a contact form with image submission that also employs a captcha or similar form of validation.
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posted by zenpop
on Mar 5, 2008 -
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My friend just - 30 minutes ago - entered a bunch of information in a PayPal phishing website. What should he do right now?
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posted by JulianDay
on Mar 3, 2008 -
15 answers
