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Several of you may have received an email message from the webmaster with the subject:
Failed Login Notification on BMW Motorcycle Owners of Alabama Forums
The message is something similar to this:
Dear Your Name,
Someone has tried to log into your account on BMW Motorcycle Owners of AlabamaForums 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: 188.143.232.144
All the best,
BMW Motorcycle Owners of Alabama Forums
This message is automatically generated by the server. The bad guys are continuously (and I mean continuously) attempting to guess passwords so they can post SPAM and other bad things on our forum. They use bots (other computers without human intervention) to attempt to guess passwords. Several years ago I implemented various methods to thwart these bad guys, one of which is to freeze logins for a specific username if 5 login failures have been encountered. The only advice I can give is to make sure you have a secure and complex password. Considering that only 5 attempts can be made every 15 minutes, it may take years to guess your password (and they usually give up when locked out the first time) but if you really have a very simple password your account could be compromised.
The current batch of bad guys are in Russia.
If you have questions, fee free to post them here or you may also use email.
Failed Login Notification on BMW Motorcycle Owners of Alabama Forums
The message is something similar to this:
Dear Your Name,
Someone has tried to log into your account on BMW Motorcycle Owners of AlabamaForums 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: 188.143.232.144
All the best,
BMW Motorcycle Owners of Alabama Forums
This message is automatically generated by the server. The bad guys are continuously (and I mean continuously) attempting to guess passwords so they can post SPAM and other bad things on our forum. They use bots (other computers without human intervention) to attempt to guess passwords. Several years ago I implemented various methods to thwart these bad guys, one of which is to freeze logins for a specific username if 5 login failures have been encountered. The only advice I can give is to make sure you have a secure and complex password. Considering that only 5 attempts can be made every 15 minutes, it may take years to guess your password (and they usually give up when locked out the first time) but if you really have a very simple password your account could be compromised.
The current batch of bad guys are in Russia.
If you have questions, fee free to post them here or you may also use email.
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