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Postby Oliver » Friday Feb 11, 2011 6:54 am

Folks,

Another user and I have experienced an error at login saying the maximum number of login attempts have been reached, and have had to answer a question before we logged in successfully.

This would seem to indicate that someone (or an automatic "bot") has been trying to log in by guessing passwords.

Please let me know by PM whether you have experienced this.

I am trying to find out whether there's a way to track where these attempts may be coming from.

However, it serves as an important reminder to ensure that your password is strong.

Use a site such as Microsoft's password checker to check the strength of your password. You may be surprised at the low strength of your current password!

In addition, computer security experts recommend changing your password on all sites regularly.

Cheers,

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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby lob » Saturday Feb 12, 2011 5:15 am

No chance they'll guess mine, it's Jellyfish1984.
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby rotten » Saturday Feb 12, 2011 3:34 pm

Has anyone else had issues with their computer since they had 'login attempts exceeded'?
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby Oliver » Sunday Feb 13, 2011 3:01 pm

Rotten,

Are you talking about problems generally, or specifically about logging in?

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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby Bum » Sunday Feb 13, 2011 6:41 pm

They couldn't install stuff on your computer if they brute force hacked your forum account, rotten. You'd still need to click stuff that you shouldn't. The bigger issue would be that your general online security could be compromised.
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby rotten » Sunday Feb 13, 2011 7:46 pm

Well, it's sorted now. I had to do a really good clean and virus check, i had trouble booting up for a few days. I'm no angel though, it could have been numerous things :lol:

Your site is very safe Oliver, as is my password
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby Oliver » Monday Feb 14, 2011 9:15 am

+1 for what Bum said, and glad you got it sorted Rotten.

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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby drsmurto » Monday Feb 14, 2011 7:52 pm

I'm getting it each time i try to login.
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby rotten » Monday Feb 14, 2011 7:58 pm

I just got it again as well
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby earle » Tuesday Feb 15, 2011 8:38 am

Getting it as well now
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby Bum » Tuesday Feb 15, 2011 8:38 am

Not once here.

Probably just jinxed myself though.
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby lethaldog » Tuesday Feb 15, 2011 9:37 am

all good here too!!
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby Oliver » Tuesday Feb 15, 2011 1:21 pm

Hi all,

Reports are that this type of thing has increased significantly of late across many boards.

Clearing your cookies may solve the problem.

I am away for work in sunny Canberra at the moment but I will check out the server logs when I get home to see if I can ban some of the sources of these attacks.

And just to reiterate: if you have a strong password then you've got nothing to worry about. It's just the inconvenience of having to answer the "secret question" when you try and log in.

Cheers,

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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby rotten » Friday Feb 18, 2011 5:23 pm

I cleared my cookies after Olivers post and I haven't had the problem since.
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Re: Login attempts exceeded

Postby drsmurto » Saturday Feb 19, 2011 9:40 am

My cookies automatically clear (Firefox) and this is still happening to me.
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