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September 09, 2013, 09:59:15 PM |
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Theymos should change the default color and/or font on the forum. Maybe even change the layout a bit with a different theme. This will immediately screw up the scammers plans and all the hard work they put into cloning this site.
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01BTC10
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September 09, 2013, 10:03:56 PM |
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Theymos should change the default color and/or font on the forum. Maybe even change the layout a bit with a different theme. This will immediately screw up the scammers plans and all the hard work they put into cloning this site.
It's not difficult to clone a website. The hacker would probably clone it again almost immediately. |
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mmmerlin (OP)
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September 09, 2013, 10:36:34 PM |
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Theymos should change the default color and/or font on the forum. Maybe even change the layout a bit with a different theme. This will immediately screw up the scammers plans and all the hard work they put into cloning this site.
It's not difficult to clone a website. The hacker would probably clone it again almost immediately. Yeah, it's both not worth it, and kind of acknowledging that they are getting to you. Playing cat and mouse is surely not the answer. If people who are in the know think this matters though, then it might at least be worth getting this thread moved somewhere better... |
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Singlebyte
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September 09, 2013, 10:37:27 PM |
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Theymos should change the default color and/or font on the forum. Maybe even change the layout a bit with a different theme. This will immediately screw up the scammers plans and all the hard work they put into cloning this site.
It's not difficult to clone a website. The hacker would probably clone it again almost immediately. I know how to create sites and copy code. They originally put some "time" and effort into the site to make it appear legit. They even have backlinks in the website. If you change a theme or some other attribute it would slow them down. It would really be helpful if the members could select their own theme. Then what ever phishing clone site pops up, a user would immediatley know its not legit if it doesnt match their selected color/font/layout. |
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mmmerlin (OP)
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September 09, 2013, 11:08:14 PM |
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Theymos should change the default color and/or font on the forum. Maybe even change the layout a bit with a different theme. This will immediately screw up the scammers plans and all the hard work they put into cloning this site.
It's not difficult to clone a website. The hacker would probably clone it again almost immediately. I know how to create sites and copy code. They originally put some "time" and effort into the site to make it appear legit. They even have backlinks in the website. If you change a theme or some other attribute it would slow them down. It would really be helpful if the members could select their own theme. Then what ever phishing clone site pops up, a user would immediatley know its not legit if it doesnt match their selected color/font/layout. That is a good point that would work well. Bit of a pain to implement though... |
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September 09, 2013, 11:10:45 PM |
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There is already other theme available but they miss some functionality.
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September 10, 2013, 11:19:01 AM |
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Theymos should change the default color and/or font on the forum. Maybe even change the layout a bit with a different theme. This will immediately screw up the scammers plans and all the hard work they put into cloning this site.
It's not difficult to clone a website. The hacker would probably clone it again almost immediately. I know how to create sites and copy code. They originally put some "time" and effort into the site to make it appear legit. They even have backlinks in the website. If you change a theme or some other attribute it would slow them down. It would really be helpful if the members could select their own theme. Then what ever phishing clone site pops up, a user would immediatley know its not legit if it doesnt match their selected color/font/layout. That is a good point that would work well. Bit of a pain to implement though... You can already change the forum theme. Check settings. If you pick a dark theme, you will immediately notice something is up if the phishing link has the default theme. |
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September 10, 2013, 12:31:24 PM |
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report the phishing domain to the respective domain directory and they should shut it down.
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mmmerlin (OP)
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September 10, 2013, 12:35:15 PM |
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report the phishing domain to the respective domain directory and they should shut it down.
Wow, I didn't realise anyone cared. Is that likely to actually happen?! |
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01BTC10
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September 10, 2013, 12:39:14 PM |
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b!z
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September 10, 2013, 01:16:06 PM |
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the phishing site is hosted on free web host http://t15.org/send in an abuse report, someone please. :-) |
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