I haven't upgraded from 3.0.8, yet I too have experienced several spam registrations over the last couple of days (but none for months beforehand).
So I'd suggest the spam bots have acquired some new skills, which just happened to coincide with your upgrades.
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- Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:41 am
- Forum: [3.0.x] Support Forum
- Topic: Spambots with Q&A CAPTCHA?
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- Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:25 pm
- Forum: [3.0.x] Support Forum
- Topic: Preventing Spam in phpBB 3.0.6 and Above [*Read First Post*]
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Re: Preventing Spam in phpBB 3.0.6 and Above [*Read First Po
How about someone at Google writes a MOD for phpBB which allows admin to report a spammer and the links they have added to Google before deleting the spammer and their posts. This info could be used to: - devalue links in any posts by the spammer - freeze/close their gmail account (often they use a ...