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Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 18:10
by PGoomba
Hi,

Is anyone getting spammed with messages about this?
The last one came from a user called 'Marythisk'. This person only joined Monday 17th August 2026 so I can only assume this isn't any approved message from any forum admin. How do I report / block this person? I cannot see any option on their profile to do any such thing. Apparently I can add them as a foe, but I'm not sure what this will block them.

Thanks,

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 18:58
by davethorp
Yes. I did a post about it but it wasn’t approved. All come from one user Marythisk who needs banning ASAP

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 18:59
by davethorp
If you tap the ! symbol at the top of the PM you can report it but I’ve reported 4 such messages so far

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 19:19
by Canadanne
PGoomba wrote: Today, 18:10 Hi,

Is anyone getting spammed with messages about this?
The last one came from a user called 'Marythisk'. This person only joined Monday 17th August 2026 so I can only assume this isn't any approved message from any forum admin. How do I report / block this person? I cannot see any option on their profile to do any such thing. Apparently I can add them as a foe, but I'm not sure what this will block them.

Thanks,
Yeah, I've had four such messages today from that account! You can create a message rule that will automatically delete their messages, but annoyingly you still get a notification about them. I don't think adding them as a foe will block private messages from them either.

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 19:33
by mike4
yep every few hours, totally pissed off with it now, some stupid plonker thinks we'll fall for some malware crap

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 20:08
by JamesA
Yes, have also been spammed with similar messages.

Will contact Mystara and KaM individually regarding this.

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 21:05
by shadow6162
Same here. Wasn't too sure who to contact, so I messaged Drassil.

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 21:36
by Mystara
They've had their account deleted.

I've also changed the permissions for Newly Registered Users so that they now cannot send private messages. I always wanted to avoid doing that, but I don't really see an alternative.

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 22:03
by Canadanne
shadow6162 wrote: Today, 21:05 Same here. Wasn't too sure who to contact, so I messaged Drassil.
I tried doing that too, but I dunno if the message went through as it just vanished for some reason (never appeared in my outbox or sent folder). Anyway, glad the spammer's gone now!

Re: Spam messages- "XEVIL 6: the best program for ReCaptcha"

Posted: 21 Aug 2026, 22:13
by PGoomba
Mystara wrote: Today, 21:36 They've had their account deleted.

I've also changed the permissions for Newly Registered Users so that they now cannot send private messages. I always wanted to avoid doing that, but I don't really see an alternative.
Many thanks Mystara, much appreciated. I got spammed something like 5 times in one day!