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Dayv3 ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 07-June-2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11 |
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Today I received a security warning on one of my stores. (below) Store administrator, Someone has attempted to 'tell a friend' more than 3 times. User information is: The point of concern that I have is that I have the tell a friend feature turned off on both of my stores. To get to tell a friend someone needed to know the exact file and directory to go to. What is the best approach to take? Do I want to change the name of/ remove the tell a friend asp file? If so, is it just the one file or are there more? Dave |
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Dayv3 ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 07-June-2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11 |
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A little research shows that my unwanted friend: *** START - IP INFORMATION ******************** HTTP_CLIENT_IP: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: REMOTE_HOST: 198.100.144.195 REMOTE_ADDR: 198.100.144.195 USER IP ADDRESS: 198.100.144.195 *** END - IP INFORMATION ********************** As per stopforumspam.com has 542 entries for the above ip address. The concern that I have is that he may be looking for (or targeting) product cart stores because he needed to know the direct path to the tell a friend .asp file to access the feature because I have tell a friend turned off. I called my hosting company and black listed this ip address. |
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Hamish ![]() Admin Group ![]() Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56 |
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Hi, If you are not using tellafriend you can safely rename the file.
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