Saw this user was following me: https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=863965 Then I noticed "She" just signed up and already following 2800 users which seems impossible in that short time. Looks like a fake user trying to get people to click on the link.

We'll take care of this bot

Hello,

This fake profile was found and banned a couple days ago, you will still see their profile there as this is a programmer problem however I assure you they are banned from Renderosity and I did alert the programmer of the issue.

Thank you for informing us and we are happy to have you as a valued member of Renderosity.

Have a wonderful week!

Another Fake user?

Since December 20 this user is Following 8482 including myself and has gotten 6 to follow "her"

https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=863855

She was banned with the others...thank you for checking

This one too https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=863838

Hello,

This one has been deleted with the others as well.

Thank you for double checking and have a wonderful day,

KristiS posted at 7:44AM Thu, 12 January 2017 - #4294928

Hello,

This one has been deleted with the others as well.

Thank you for double checking and have a wonderful day,

Deleted - I'm still seeing mine their profile is still up nothing to indicate they are no longer a member - is there ever going to be a way to delete them or are we stuck with them as followers for ever.

The programmer is going to wipe them completely from everyone's profile however he is working on a pretty big project right now and once that is completed, he will be working on this

https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=865476 another one. Wants you to click the link to the web site, probably carries a nasty little package once you do.

Thank you, I have found this one and all the others affiliated with it and banned them.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Another Fake User MelissaMason1 https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=865495 Just Followed me and 1579 in one Day! o.O

I got this one today:

DeniseWhite4

I got one today:

HeidiNguyen6

Here's another: DianaWalker6

Another one

https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=866054

The spambots are back.

https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=866073

Thank you so very much everyone.

I have found these all plus a whole lot more clones and banned them all.

I even got to knock some offline in the process, that felt really good

And yet another https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=865987

Hi here is another suspicious one joined yesterday HeatherDominguez3

https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=865773 also fake

I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I HAVE A NEW STALKER, AGAIN!! https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=866028 ReneeDelgado4

THIS SPAM BOT CRAP HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WEEKS NOW, MANY USERS HAVE COMPLAINED, AND IT'S STILL HAPPENING!

and btw, i saw new threads, again, about hacking and credit cards - which i didn't read since i'm sick of it.

WHAT THE FREAKING HÈLL IS WRONG WITH YOU AND YOUR SYSTEM, RENDO, SRSLY?? FIX IT GODDAMMIT! FOR WEEKS YOUR SO CALLED SUPERSECURE SERVER IS BEING TRASHED AND PENETRATED, STOP ARGUIÑG AND ACT EFFICIENTLY, FIX IT!

yes because yelling and stamping your feet like a child helps.

Khai-J-Bach posted at 12:18AM Sat, 21 January 2017 - #4295573

yes because yelling and stamping your feet like a child helps.

it probably doesn't. nor does writing useless nonsensical comments about me writing comments to vent. besides, patiently staying silent doesn't make things progress much either. oh well, i guess we should both get a life instead of writing stupid posts, right.

Another one, Tiffany Chase 11 as of 1-16-17

https://www.renderosity.com/?uid=865995

I've had MeganBurnett12 following me since Dec. 20, 2016 and ElizabethThomas5 since January 15, 2017. They are still showing even though I have reported it. Because of this, I don't trust buying anything from Renderosity until I know it has been fixed and the server is secure. Even though, Rendersoity has said they don't keep our credit cards on file, how do we know when we type our credit card information in to purchase something that some bot somewhere could be getting our information as we type it. I really hope this can be resolved soon so I can again buy from Renderosity. I'm concerned this can hurt the vendors, if people don't feel safe buying here.

ReneJW posted at 9:40AM Mon, 06 February 2017 - #4296690

I've had MeganBurnett12 following me since Dec. 20, 2016 and ElizabethThomas5 since January 15, 2017. They are still showing even though I have reported it. Because of this, I don't trust buying anything from Renderosity until I know it has been fixed and the server is secure. Even though, Rendersoity has said they don't keep our credit cards on file, how do we know when we type our credit card information in to purchase something that some bot somewhere could be getting our information as we type it. I really hope this can be resolved soon so I can again buy from Renderosity. I'm concerned this can hurt the vendors, if people don't feel safe buying here.

I understand your fundamental concern about security, but I don't see how a fake account will cause the issue you are describing unless you follow the malicious link that they put on their profile home page. A bot or a user can both put up a malware link, and I don't know how any site can protect against that specifically. I am presuming that the files that get uploaded by a merchant are scanned (that would be an issue of worry) but the money transaction is internal to rendo - they push money to the vendor not the ccard processor iirc.

ReneJW, I hope that you take this in the spirit of helpfulness that I intended it. I agree that the spambot garbage has simply got to stop. It is not a huge security hole, but is a very, very public facing problem that make us all question all of the security and process that we can't see (card processing, etc.). (i.e. "if you can't stop spambots then what else aren't you stopping).

"........... (i.e. "if you can't stop spambots then what else aren't you stopping)."

My thought, too.

consumer573 posted at 9:15AM Tue, 07 February 2017 - #4296720

"........... (i.e. "if you can't stop spambots then what else aren't you stopping)."

My thought, too.

Agree - and what to me doesn't help is the lack of communication regarding the problem, I asked a question in another thread regarding the removal of the followers nearly 3 weeks ago - still no answer. Seems to me the staff are in a - if we stick our heads in the sand maybe the problem will go away mode.

tparo posted at 9:28AM Tue, 07 February 2017 - #4296812

consumer573 posted at 9:15AM Tue, 07 February 2017 - #4296720

"........... (i.e. "if you can't stop spambots then what else aren't you stopping)."

My thought, too.

Agree - and what to me doesn't help is the lack of communication regarding the problem, I asked a question in another thread regarding the removal of the followers nearly 3 weeks ago - still no answer. Seems to me the staff are in a - if we stick our heads in the sand maybe the problem will go away mode.

I have stated that all clones have been banned from the site and also that we are going to remove them from the system completely so they are not seen at all as soon as we can.

The programmer has been working on a big project and will remove them from the site as soon as he can.

I realize it stinks because they can still be seen however the important thing is they do not have access to the site and this has been taken care of.

As far as the credit card issue, I have address all of that as well and there is a post above stating the same thing I have said in another thread which is the clones have nothing to do with information being compromised. The two are completely irrelevant to one another.

There has not been any new posts about CC information being compromised and we called all the financial institutions that were provided to us and found that the cards were used other places as well. The owner of the company, VP, and 2 programmers scanned EVERYTHING over the last 4 or 5 months and there was nothing there.

I posted this in all the threads regarding the CC concerns as well.

I am not sure why you think our heads are in the sand as we have addressed all the concerns however when people come in after you and say the same kinds of things you already addressed, there is no point of coming back in and repeating yourself.

Warmest Regards,