Banned by 'spammers'?

[69bronzeT5]

Steve (cooperman) contacted me on Facebook saying he was apperentley 'banned' and this message came up (pictured). Any idea what's going on? He can't get on the forum.....

[Cooperman]

All fixed... Thanks Cody!

I just cleared my 'cookies' folder and here I am.



I was out in the wilderness with no DC.com for a moment there! 

[69bronzeT5]

It's still weird about the 'Spammers' message though....

[Troy]

Any time that message about Spammers comes up it is likely because the IP address has been used by a spammer in the past. This is not fool proof as some spammers use hijacked computers on connections that aren't static (dial-up, some cable, etc.) so someone who is not a spammer may end up with that IP address later on.

The only other possibility would be a banned email address but that's rare - unless it's another spammer.

Anyone using a proxy service will probably get a similar message.

Troy

[Cooperman]

The cookie-clearing didn't last too long. It kicked me off again and now clearing them doesn't work.
I'm certainly not a spammer, but my employees use my computer, so I have no idea what they might have picked up on their net travels  

Troy, as super admin computer whizz guy, do you have any idea how I can overcome this? I've tried a complete delete of browser history/temporary internet files/cookies  etc, but nothing works. Is my IP address 'scarred' forever? Anything at all I can do?

Cheers. I miss DC.com!  

[Beer]

I was in Singapore while they were building my drilling rig, I was banned from LS2.com I contacted the owner via a another forum he was on and asked what was up, and told him I was in Singapore, and I was banned.  He said that they pretty much banned anything from Singpore, and then set me up my permissions so my IP range was allowed back in.

Jim

[twodko]

Cooperman,

If you have an anti-virus program, Norton McAfee etc, look at Webroot too. McAfee sucked for me but a lot of people swear by it. Webroot works very well IMO and catches hell all nasty stuff. Good luck.

Tom

[Cooperman]

Thanks Tom. I use AVG and that's what flagged up this episode. I think I really should look into getting a good quality anti-virus software package.

I did a system restore and that has solved all my current problems. Guess I need to be careful where I visit in Netland... 

[twodko]

I'm glad your system is back up and happy. The nasty stuff out there has become so pervasive its hard to avoid even when very careful. Cheers!

Tom