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    abandoned site being used for piracy and possible malware

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    thewlfmn
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    In progress abandoned site being used for piracy and possible malware

    Post by thewlfmn April 27th 2015, 23:25

    Many years ago I had a forum through this company that a feewfriends of mine and myself used for roleplaying. People moved on and it's long since been dead. Matter of fact I forgot it existed until yesterday I got an email saying a rather odd looking name for a user account had been deactivate on this old forum that's been inactive for about 6 years now. At first I thought nothing of it thinking some wanting to roleplaying had stumbled across it but when I went to the actual forum I noticed hundreds of threads had been created and they all looked like to be torrent links. I can't login to the admin account to do anything about it and some one must have hacked it or my account since I can't even so much as do a password recovery. Every time I've tried I get a message stating that the admin password reset has been disabled. I have a tendency to forget things so I know I would of have never activated that functionality. I honestly don't want the site back I just want it shut down and to wash my hands of it. The site url is http://thelake.forumotion.com/
    Ange Tuteur
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    In progress Re: abandoned site being used for piracy and possible malware

    Post by Ange Tuteur April 27th 2015, 23:29

    Hi @thewlfmn,

    If you believe the forum is breaking our terms of service you can report it via the following link. Wink
    https://www.forumotion.com/litigation

    If you do want to recover the forum, send me via PM the following information. Smile
    Code:
    [b]URL of Forum :[/b]
    [b]e-mail of founder account :[/b]
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    In progress Re: abandoned site being used for piracy and possible malware

    Post by brandon_g April 27th 2015, 23:29

    Hello,

    If you are the Founder then following the steps in this tutorial will help you recover your password:  https://help.forumotion.com/t127211-password-problems-or-lost-your-founder-s-password

    Hope this helps,
    -Brandon

    Edit: Darn you beat me to it again Ange... Your 2 for 2 Very Happy.


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    Sir. Mayo
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    In progress Re: abandoned site being used for piracy and possible malware

    Post by Sir. Mayo April 27th 2015, 23:29

    You can report the forum here:
    https://help.forumotion.com/t12330-complaint-against-a-forum-how-to
    OR
    You can recovery your password here:
    https://www.forumotion.com/utils

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