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sundog
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 Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:54 am Post subject: Spamming the Gallery |
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Yesterday I received a request to allow someone to register in my family photo gallery. I did and was spammed in about twenty comment boxes. I deleted the user and thought that was the last. Now I have another request for a registration in the "coppermine" family gallery.
Same type of user name, not a member of the family unless one of them is a spammer so I am sure it is the same person or someone of the same type.
Can I get any details on this person or do anything to make them miserable apart from deleting the request?
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ahoier
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Contact the photo gallery abuse/support department?
This sounds like the typical "blog spam"/comment spam, though only propogating through a different medium (image galleries) - but really, the same concept - they attempt to gain your trust, once you allow them (grant them access) - they attempt to spam their wares (spammed domains) throughout your gallery (or comments..)
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sundog
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Uh Oh. Contact the gallery abuse department!!!. I have a feeling here is something else I have not yet taught myself. I am the domain owner and admin of both the gallery and the domain.
I have been teaching myself how all that works but not really doing anything unless it needed doing. Is this one of those things? Or is this the area of the web hosts and server owners.
They will not get in again. My family just isn't that big or anonymous that they can register without me knowing who they are anymore. I hate the fact that the spammers are sitting there waiting for me to stuff up and let them in though
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downie
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I'm sure your version is up-to-date,
but for the benefit of any other Coppermine users out there,
I still see hackers exploiting this vulnerability:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2006-2514
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I was thinking a gallery like fotki(.net or .com I can't remember) or something like that 