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seolio
Some Advice please...
  • 2008/5/1 23:52

  • seolio

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 196

  • Since: 2005/11/2


I am sorry if this sounds a but random, I am at a loose end and am not sure what to do so any advice would be appreciated.
I have just had a new user register on my site with the username 'trogen', as soon as I saw it I thought of 'trojan'. I checked their email address and it looks like a randomly generated hotmail one, very similar to this - gt773i2135@hotmail - (I just changed every letter and number for something else,and removed the .com).

The problem being, I could ban them, however if they are genuine I would have lost a member which means a lot as I am in VERY close competition with a similar genre site.

What should I do? I don't suppose there is a module or another php script somewhere which will track a users activity and tell me if they do something they should not? Maybe one i could put on the server which tracks everything the user from that IP address does on my site? But obviously the IP address will probably change if it is a hacker/cracker.

let me know your thoughts, what you would do, anyone!

Thanks in advance.

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Catzwolf
Re: Some Advice please...
  • 2008/5/2 0:00

  • Catzwolf

  • Home away from home

  • Posts: 1392

  • Since: 2007/9/30


My advise would be to email them, if you get an answer then do not ban them, but if you don't I would deactive their account. Then after say a month if they haven't logged into your website, delete the account.

I would say, better to be safe than sorry.

Catz

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Anonymous
Re: Some Advice please...
  • 2008/5/2 0:10

  • Anonymous

  • Posts: 0

  • Since:


also install protector module, it is good tracker ;)

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seolio
Re: Some Advice please...
  • 2008/5/2 0:16

  • seolio

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 196

  • Since: 2005/11/2


Thanks guys, I will email him and install protector. :)

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