We’re now around 500 since I only kept 100% safe accounts i.e : -Authors -Artists -People who commented on the posts. Second I pruned most of those 6500 accounts. Basically you need to do a captcha, answering an easy math problem (something like 3*7 = ? ) and give the nth letter of a random word. First I installed a new plugin, so when you try to register now you need to answer a test to prove you’re a real person. Those accounts were all fake, and they attempted to post something like 400 messages about cars, Viagra, insurance, loans etc… Thank goodness those message didn’t show up but the situation required extreme measures. The number of account had exploded to 6500 and each 24 hours something like 210 new accounts were created. But I discovered the website was under major spambot attack. This weekend I wanted to update Boxer & Rice which I couldn’t do before because I got major computer problem (my HD burnt). Hello, I’m sorry if you’re receiving this message more than once, but I wanted to spread this news as much as possible.
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