Tag: Spam

  • “Since you are a person I trust, I wanted to invite you to join my network on LinkedIn” – Is this a new form of spam?

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    In the last three days I have received 3 invitations to connect with total strangers on LinkedIn – in and of itself, that’s not all that unusual. I often receive invitations from strangers to connect on LinkedIn – most I quietly ignore. What made these invitations different was the fact that they were all worded…

  • Blog still hacked?

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    Tom Raftery
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    I mentioned here the other day that this blog was hacked and I thought I had resolved it – now I’m not so sure. The hack is a tricky one because the spam it is displaying is only visible in Google Reader! (and not in any other RSS reader). I have completely deleted all the…

  • Blog hacked? UPDATED

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    Tom Raftery
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    This blog appears to have been hacked somehow. This is my old blog and apart from a test posting the other day, I hadn’t added any new posts since May 2009. However, when you view this blog’s feed in Google Reader it appears to be full of spammy posts. The spammy posts don’t show up…

  • Funny FaceBook spam!

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    Tom Raftery
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    I received this FaceBook invite to a webinar from Chris Abraham of AbrahamHarrison and Jay Jaffe of Jaffe Associates. This invite was sent to over 2,200 people on FaceBook. Seems like kind of spammy behaviour to me! Ironically the webinar is on “how to look after your online reputation and why it is important to…

  • Spam Assassin on Direct Admin problem

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    Tom Raftery
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    As I mentioned previously, I have rolled out a new server for my blog (and a couple of sites I host) in the last few days. I am now being hammered by spam! Spam Assassin is installed on the server. The hosting software on the server is called Direct Admin and in each hosted domain…

  • Slow comments in WordPress

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    Tom Raftery
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    In the last couple of weeks commenting on this site was taking longer and longer – sometimes timing out and not letting people comment at all. I was puzzled as to the cause of this and tried turning off various of the plugins I had installed on this blog. Today though I think I have…

  • Thinkhouse PR

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    Tom Raftery
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    Damien’s post on Thinkhouse PR appears to have been removed from the Google index. If you do a Google search for the post, you can find a copy of it in Irishblogs.ie but not the original post on Damien’s blog. The post is still in MSN and Yahoo according to Damien. How bizarre! The only…

  • Thinkhouse PR spam the wrong guy?

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    Tom Raftery
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    I see Damien is stirring it up again – sticking it to an Irish company (Thinkhouse PR) who spammed him repeatedly despite numerous requests not to. Good on ya Damien – hopefully the data commissioner will show them the error of their spamming ways and teach them how to become good corporate citizens.