How TO STOP SPAMMER FROM USING THE SERVER TO SEND SPAM MAILS

Discussion in 'Security' started by jegavelan, Jun 24, 2009.

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    HI

    My server IP is been blacklisted in some of the RBL, I need the help to stop the spammer from using my server to send the mails, As per the investigation the user as used the cgi scripts and php mailer to send the mails How can i block and avoid the same problem again
     
    jegavelan, Jun 24, 2009 IP
  2. maestria

    maestria Well-Known Member

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    Do you use the servers for hosting others domain?
    if so, you can check which domain is sending the spam and under which users permission the mail sending script is running.
    If you are thinking about spending some bucks, we can investigate this for you.
     
    maestria, Jun 24, 2009 IP
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    SSANZ Peon

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    If you know for sure that it is the cgi or PHP script causing the issue first thing is first shut them down. Next do some research and see if the script is out of date of if there are any known issues.

    Do you host sites for other people? If so this is unfortunately a major downside of shared hosts. You have little control of what users upload. Sometimes you can take preventative measures but scripts will always pass through the net and it is a case of having to pick up the pieces once a problem is found.
     
    coffear, Jun 28, 2009 IP
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    Thibaut Well-Known Member

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    Most of outdated PHP/CGI mailer scripts have flaws. I would suggest you to upgrade them.

    Regards
    Thibaut
     
    Thibaut, Jun 30, 2009 IP