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Old 02-04-15, 03:34 AM  
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OT someone else trying to log in ..

Hmmmm, l got notified that someone and it wasn't me, was trying to log into this forum via my name .. wow .. seriously, why ? lt's only a forum .. has it happened to anyone else
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Old 02-04-15, 04:53 AM  
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Last night when I logged in, all posts but one showed up as if they had just been "read" by me. It was if "I" had just logged off - whereas I hadn't been on the site for a day or so. I always log out when I leave.
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Old 02-04-15, 07:04 AM  
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I received an email saying someone had tried to log on as me also with the wrong password. Weird!
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Old 02-04-15, 07:06 AM  
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I got an e-mail - copied and pasted -

Dear slinks,
Someone has tried to log into your account on Video Fitness Forum with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15 minutes.The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address:*202.171.253.84

All the best,Video Fitness Forum

l have not logged onto VF since January .. l am baffled really because you don't need to be logged on to read the posts .. very sad really
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Old 02-04-15, 07:08 AM  
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I received an email saying someone had tried to log on as me also with the wrong password. Weird!
I posted my post above before you posted yours .. it is weird .. maybe there is a tech difficulty ??
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Old 02-04-15, 10:04 AM  
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I got an email as well.
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Old 02-04-15, 10:31 AM  
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Me too. My dh checked the ip address and it's listed as a scoutbot. someone from China is trying to get into vf via one of our accounts
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Old 02-04-15, 10:43 AM  
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I think it would be a good idea to have a unique password on your VF account, so if they get your personal email address from VF, they can't get into your your email account. I have learned that lesson from when someone broke into another site where I was known. Now every site has an unique password.

To keep it easy for me, I use a standard password and towards the middle add unique letters for that site.
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Old 02-04-15, 11:20 AM  
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I didn't get an email, but as a result of this thread, I changed my password. Has anyone contacted WWWendy?
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Old 02-04-15, 12:12 PM  
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No message but I changed my password. I use a separate email address only for online forums so no worries about bots getting into my contact list since I don't have one.
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