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auto comments on extensions
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:02 am
by anikedeshpande
On opencart.com marketplace, getting same comment on almost each extension. [removed_by_mod] is the link in the comment... and it is posted on multiple extensions at a time.. may be through some automated process...
Re: auto comments on extensions
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:50 am
by straightlight
Confirmed. I also get these. The OC team has been notified already. Thank you for addressing this, however.
Re: auto comments on extensions
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:23 am
by khnaz35
Confirmed.
Looks like some one made a way to post automatically.
Re: auto comments on extensions
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 4:22 pm
by JNeuhoff
It is the
same known spammer who was a real plague earlier this year.
We have asked the Opencart team repeatedly to implement a proper anti-spambot tool. Merely blocking him via URL or IP-address
isn't enough.
Re: auto comments on extensions
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:40 pm
by anikedeshpande
Thank you all respected members for replies.
Let wait for oc's action and solution on this spammer.
Keeping this issue in mind, I have one more query....
Any member can register and login to marketplace and can upload extensions for download (ofcourse it is free extension till his account as seller get approved by opencart..)
As soon as , this extension is uploaded and published, it is open for all to download.
Now my query is
1. Is there any scanning of these uploaded zip files for malware, virus etc ?
2. Is it verified by opencart for security, usability etc. (just like google playstore... each apk is checked and then made available on playstore for download by google)
3. or We need to be depend on comments on that extension - like it is fake or not working at all etc ?
Re: auto comments on extensions
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:42 pm
by straightlight
anikedeshpande wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:40 pm
Thank you all respected members for replies.
Let wait for oc's action and solution on this spammer.
Keeping this issue in mind, I have one more query....
Any member can register and login to marketplace and can upload extensions for download (ofcourse it is free extension till his account as seller get approved by opencart..)
As soon as , this extension is uploaded and published, it is open for all to download.
Now my query is
1. Is there any scanning of these uploaded zip files for malware, virus etc ?
2. Is it verified by opencart for security, usability etc. (just like google playstore... each apk is checked and then made available on playstore for download by google)
3. or We need to be depend on comments on that extension - like it is fake or not working at all etc ?
1. You'd have to use the Contact Us link at the footer page for more information on that.
2. Leads to number 3.
Re: auto comments on extensions
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:13 pm
by JNeuhoff
Also, it is up to the OC extension authors to make sure this spammer doesn't sell their software as stolen unlicensed items.
You can send a complaint to the webhost BlueAngelHost:
It is hosted by: Verdina Ltd.
WHOIS information:
Organization name: BlueAngelHost
IP address: 85.217.222.146
AS(autonomous system) number and organization: AS201133 Verdina Ltd.
AS name: Verdina
Reverse DNS of the IP:
City: Sofia
Country: Bulgaria
The spammer is an individual, details below:
Name: Eslam Hosny
Organization: only3.club
Email: only3.club at mail.com
Kind: individual
Mailing Address: abdelnaser street Apt 4, alexandria, Egypt, 12345, EG
The domain name registrar is: cheap.com