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[djtaylor Friend djtaylorJoin date: August 2011Posts: 146Downloads:0Uploads:35 Thanks: 26 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

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Hi as i was very new with installing Joomla and the JA templates i was concentrating on how to develop my site to make it look and function as nice as possible to my own needs.
I totally forgot about site security and the spammers.
As I was still developing the site and not promoting the site at all
I did not think that the ninja spammers would get me but they did,
my forum, shout-box and articles were completely full of spam,
I had over 1000+ fake accounts created which took me a while to weed them out & delete them & there comments.

To avoid this I recommend by making site security priority to save you with future hassle.
Useful FREE plug-ins I have installed & now i get no spam or fake accounts 🙂

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/captcha/18364
<blockquote>KeyCAPTCHA – Innovative Anti-Spam Service. KeyCAPTCHA is an effective monetizing tool of your website. In contrast to other systems, KeyCAPTCHA solidly protects your website against spam.</blockquote>

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/captcha/11964
<blockquote>Protects Joomla! core forms and 3rd party extensions through the integration of anti-spam services and adds an arithmetic problem, a hidden field and a time lock.</blockquote>

Feel free to add your 2cents or recommendations.

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[Blaine Friend BlaineJoin date: August 2007Posts: 1443Downloads:0Uploads:25 Thanks: 98 Thanked: 177 times in 154 posts]

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Thanks for the TIPS!!!

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