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KGAdmin
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:26 pm
Posts: 712
Location: Horncastle
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 ACCOUNT SECURITY Hi All,
Just a warning that someone has been trying to access accounts on the forum (and our other forums) recently. We have logs of the attacks, but it's a good time to remind you all to use a strong password, generally consisting of letters and numbers in upper or lowercase, or even with extra characters (Like &^$£&!)
Good password: Gh8Zj98L
Bad password: carrots
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KGAdmin
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| Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:34 pm |
 
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Elle's Garden
KG Regular
Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:58 pm
Posts: 465
Location: West Sussex
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY Thanks KG, whatever can they think they are going to get from a bunch of gardeners? 
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Elle
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Primrose
KG Regular
Joined: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:50 pm
Posts: 3428
Location: Bucks.
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY They're obviously trying to find the location of OH's wheelbarrow 
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Shallot Man
KG Regular
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:51 am
Posts: 1332
Location: Basildon. Essex
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY Primrose. I admire their tenacity, but question their wisdom. 
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oldherbaceous
KG Regular
Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:52 pm
Posts: 9330
Location: beautiful Bedfordshire
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY Thank you both for your kind words. 
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Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
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Chantal
KG Moderator
Joined: Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:53 am
Posts: 5463
Location: Rugby, Warwickshire
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY I would suggest they are after passwords so they can post things, such as links to their delightful porn sites, as happened before it was a members' only forum 
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Chantal
I know this corner of the earth, it smiles for me...
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Elle's Garden
KG Regular
Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:58 pm
Posts: 465
Location: West Sussex
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY Chantal, I assume from the other thread it will be Russian or Ukrainian Porn... 
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Elle
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The Grock in the Frock
KG Regular
Joined: Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:27 pm
Posts: 928
Location: Liverpool
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY how do i change my pass word?
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KGAdmin
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:26 pm
Posts: 712
Location: Horncastle
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY Hi
/\ Click User Control Panel in the top green menu bar
* Then Click Profile in the side menu
* Then Click Edit account settings.
Password change is in there
KGAdmin
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alan refail
KG Regular
Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:00 am
Posts: 5632
Location: Chwilog Gogledd Orllewin Cymru Northwest Wales
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY Just out of interest, what can the hackers do if they access our KG forum details? I wonder if this has anything to do with all the new members we are getting - 78 so far this year - most of whom post nothing 
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Mike Vogel
KG Regular
Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:31 pm
Posts: 866
Location: Bedford
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY They'll get addresses so that they can post their pesky viruses. By the way, hi there everyone. I haven't been sulking, just far too busy now that I'm retired. Working harder than when I was paid to work.
mike
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KGAdmin
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:26 pm
Posts: 712
Location: Horncastle
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Re: ACCOUNT SECURITY On a forum, generally the only thing hackers will try and do is post spam. Some forums will show registered users much more detail on other users, and this could also be the reason - but in general, it's simply to post spam. Of course if they are trying to hack my account (Admin) - then their hope is also to send out spam messages to everyone on the board too. No luck there either KGAdmin (BUY KG!)
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