My hub http://hubpages.com/hub/Help_Find_Madeleine_McCann is under a spam attack, I have marked the messages as spam, but as soon as I remove them they are replaced, I wouldn't mind but the spammers linking to a site asking for donations, that are nothing to do with the official Maddie fund.........jimmy
Jimmy, have you changed it so comments won't show until you approve them?
This sucks. What a bummer for you...especially with that hub of all hubs.
I blocked the person responsible by ip address yesterday. It was actually a fairly tame attack by spam standards. Hopefully the problem went away Jimmy.
thanks guys it seems to have stopped now i have also changed the comments Stacie as you suggested.....jimmy
Paul I went about it the wrong way at first, i deleted them without marking them as spam first,
there were about 20 of them, that I removed.
nice to know that someone is out there helping hubbers.
more power!
by Jimmy the jock 10 years ago
My Hubs seem to be the target of spammers tonight, anyone else having the same problem?, thank goodness hubpages is recognising the spam before it gets published.....jimmyMaybe catchpa for non members?
by ptosis 10 years ago
Since IP addresses can be tracked via IT's security network, isn't there a way that these darn Spell-casters be blocked if so many of their messages are reported as spam - even though it is a guest posting?Or perhaps for guest posters: a message from Hubpages that says: Your IP address is...
by Misbah Sheikh 2 years ago
For the last 2 weeks, I am facing a problem with HP that my hubbers score is dropping very quickly. I have published 37 articles. All of them are featured. Having good scores as well. I update those articles on daily basis. I am trying to make it error-free as well but don't know why I don't have...
by Dennis L. Page 9 years ago
Have you received any spam comments on Hubpages?I've been on HP for a long time and this morning was the first that I ever got a spam message to one of my hubs. I denied her comment and deleted her forever, but nonetheless, it was still disturbing. The commenter tried to direct me to another site...
by solarshingles 14 years ago
Be aware of this spammy URL, which is constantly leaving comments on hubs:http://www. absintheshop.info/Do anyone knows, where can I report this URL to be officially banned on HubPages?Thank you for your help in advance!
by Jimmy the jock 15 years ago
when I publish a hub, and I leave the comments box open I expect a couple of spam messages,but what I dont expect is spam messages from fellow hubbers from today if hubpages allow I am going to name the spammers who try to leave comments on my hubs. ofcourse i do not allow the spam messages to...
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