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Weird Kudoz notification messages (Staff: increased spam activity, working on it)
Thread poster: Oana Popescu
Suzan Hamer
Suzan Hamer  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 06:46
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I'm having the same problem. Changed settings, Sep 3, 2015

but notifications keep pouring in.

 
Caryl Swift
Caryl Swift  Identity Verified
Poland
Local time: 06:46
Polish to English
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A Jared Sep 3, 2015

Thank you for trying. But the messages are still arriving non-stop. So now I've turned off my forum tracking settings as well. But it's infuriating. I don't want to stop receiveing notifications and following forums ...

Edited to add an update:

I've received another 10 of these mails since I turned off the forum tracking.

[Edited at 2015-09-03 15:49 GMT]


 
Susana E. Cano Méndez
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Spain
Local time: 06:46
French to Spanish
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Disable notifications Sep 3, 2015

Hello, thanks everybody for posting this issue.

Do you think we need all to disable notifications?


 
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Japan
Local time: 14:46
Member (2005)
English to Japanese
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FYI Sep 3, 2015

Oana Popescu wrote:

Hello,

In the last couple of hours or so, I have received dozens of Kudoz notification emails, with chinese characters (I guess), they all look like this:

Întrebare KudoZ nouă:
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Termen: 라이브정선카지노╱╲★【 SLDB 7。C0M 】★╱╲바카라사이트
Limbi: engleză
Domeniu: Zootehnie/Creşterea animalelor (라이브정선카지노)
Nivel: profesionist
Autor întrebare: wqwxdto9451
URL: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/5933867

I opened the first one (when the Kudoz folder already had about 70 messages), it took me to what seemed a genuine Kudoz page, with some more chinese gibberish. After that I have deleted all messages, and I keep doing so, but it seems a neverending story. Now I have 73 new messages in 18 minutes!

I am already performing a scan on my computer, but I wonder if it's just me or if anyone else has this problem.



[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2015-09-03 15:12 GMT]


For your information, it's Korean, not Chinese.


 
Bernhard Sulzer
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United States
Local time: 01:46
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My temporary solution Sep 3, 2015

Jared Tabor wrote:

The site is experiencing a temporary increase in spam activity throughout the site, primarily in KudoZ and in the forums, which may result in an excess of notifications being sent in some cases. You can control these settings from your dashboard: http://www.proz.com/?sp=dashboard&sp_mode=kudoz .

Site staff are currently blocking the abusive activity and taking action to prevent it. Thank you for your patience, and sorry for the hassle.

Jared


I selected the messages (one should do) and sent it to my SPAM folder. The newest messages already went directly into my SPAM folder.

Bernhard


 
Phoenix III
Phoenix III  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 01:46
Spanish to English
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Spam notifications Sep 3, 2015

Bernhard Sulzer wrote:

Jared Tabor wrote:

The site is experiencing a temporary increase in spam activity throughout the site, primarily in KudoZ and in the forums, which may result in an excess of notifications being sent in some cases. You can control these settings from your dashboard: http://www.proz.com/?sp=dashboard&sp_mode=kudoz .

Site staff are currently blocking the abusive activity and taking action to prevent it. Thank you for your patience, and sorry for the hassle.

Jared


I selected the messages (one should do) and sent it to my SPAM folder. The newest messages already went directly into my SPAM folder.

Bernhard


I went to settings and changed them to stop all notifications and I am still receiving what I call a tsunami of KudoZ notifications in Korean/Chinese or whatever language that is. It's sad though because I enjoy answering KudoZ whenever I get a chance.


 
Yorkshireman
Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 06:46
German to English
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Spam Robot? Sep 3, 2015

Caryl Swift wrote:

Dear Jared,

Thank you for the update. However, blocking all Kudoz notifications hasn't helped in the least. I've done that and the mails are now arriving more or less non-stop ...


Same here, there's literally a tidal wave of them.


 
Bernhard Sulzer
Bernhard Sulzer  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 01:46
English to German
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Add-on Sep 3, 2015

Hi Phoenix III,

I just meant this as a temporary solution. Do you have a SPAM folder in your email? Once you send one of those messages there, they'll be delivered to that folder directly the next time. That's how my email account works. I forwarded all my other emails to that account for now and so I can do that. Just to clarify.
If you don't have a service with SPAM or can't forward messages there, you could set one up and let your Proz.com messages go there just until the s
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Hi Phoenix III,

I just meant this as a temporary solution. Do you have a SPAM folder in your email? Once you send one of those messages there, they'll be delivered to that folder directly the next time. That's how my email account works. I forwarded all my other emails to that account for now and so I can do that. Just to clarify.
If you don't have a service with SPAM or can't forward messages there, you could set one up and let your Proz.com messages go there just until the storm is over. You can change your Proz.com email anytime and later change it back. It takes seconds.

And since you would only decide to send the KudoZ notifications to the SPAM folder, you can still receive job notifications.

HTH



[Edited at 2015-09-03 18:18 GMT]
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Ildiko Santana
Ildiko Santana  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 22:46
Member (2002)
Hungarian to English
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MODERATOR
thank you for working on this Sep 3, 2015

I appreciate the efforts made by ProZ.com Staff to eliminate this problem.
In the morning hours (PST) I received 648 of these nonsensical messages from the "robot terrorist" who must have caused some serious disruption to email servers, user mail accounts and our otherwise peaceful workday in general. For 2 hours the messages stopped, but now (1pm) they are coming in, again. I hope the source will be found and disabled soon. Best wishes to the Staff!

P.S. This would have been
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I appreciate the efforts made by ProZ.com Staff to eliminate this problem.
In the morning hours (PST) I received 648 of these nonsensical messages from the "robot terrorist" who must have caused some serious disruption to email servers, user mail accounts and our otherwise peaceful workday in general. For 2 hours the messages stopped, but now (1pm) they are coming in, again. I hope the source will be found and disabled soon. Best wishes to the Staff!

P.S. This would have been an incredible opportunity for someone with a unique skill set (of the hacker variety) to write a "counter-script" to answer them all and earn over 2500 KudoZ points in a matter of 2 hours. : P
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Jared Tabor
Jared Tabor
Local time: 02:46
SITE STAFF
Some vetting for questions will be required for now Sep 3, 2015

Thanks Ildiko. The persistence is, I guess, admirable.

For the time being, vetting will be required for new questions from non-members with new profiles, to prevent these spam questions from being posted. Staff and moderators will be vetting these questions as they come in while a solution is reached.


 
Caryl Swift
Caryl Swift  Identity Verified
Poland
Local time: 06:46
Polish to English
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Is it safe to turn our notifications back on yet? Sep 4, 2015

Dear Jared,

Thank you all for all your efforts. Could you tell us if it's safe to turn our Kudoz and forum notification settings back on now?

Best wishes to you all!


 
Jared Tabor
Jared Tabor
Local time: 02:46
SITE STAFF
Turning notifications back on should be fine Sep 4, 2015

Hello Caryl,

Yes, you're OK turning your notifications back on now. The spam activity continues, but under the current situation none of those posts are going public, and therefore generate no notifications.

If anyone needs help getting their notification settings back to where they should be, just let me know.


 
Oana Popescu
Oana Popescu  Identity Verified
Romania
Local time: 07:46
English to Romanian
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TOPIC STARTER
Back to safety Sep 4, 2015

Yes, the nighmare is over, at least for us users.

Thank you all


 
Caryl Swift
Caryl Swift  Identity Verified
Poland
Local time: 06:46
Polish to English
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@ the ProZ Team Sep 6, 2015

Yes, it seems to have stopped. Thank you all so much for your efforts. From here, it was like being the proverbial little Dutch boy. I can'[t imagine what it must have been like for all of you...

 
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